Transit?s Identity Crisis: Social Service or Economic Engine?

Increasingly, transit investments are framed in terms of economic development, rather than public service. Cities conceive of new rail lines with the condo developer or tourist in mind, ignoring the low-income commuter who can’t afford a car and the senior who relies on transit to get to the grocery store.


A rendering of Detroit's Woodward [...]

Source: http://streetsblog.net/2011/06/15/transits-identity-crisis-social-service-or-economic-engine/

David Hampshire Sam Hanks Walt Hansgen Mike Harris