Dear Matt Logan,
But you don't think that doubling bus service would actually affect the
"triple-platinum" road improvements to slow, do you?
Equally, it is hard to conceive that the highway steamroller would
accelerate with all the bus users suddenly driving.
Eric
Matt Logan wrote:
I don't see the debate that way at all. First and foremost it is important
to remember that 68% of local road costs come from property taxes - and that
the money spent on road expansion (which induces more demand in the long
run) largely goes to accommodate what I consider to be a triple-platinum
level of service for motorists during peak travel times. Raising the bus
fares will reduce bus ridership and increase motor-vehicle travel which
could in turn place more of a property tax load on taxpayers than not
raising bus fares.
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