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Originally Posted by electricron
I understand that transportation planning will be more efficient if planned at the regional level, but the regional level doesn't generate revenues. Funding is always generated from local sources. That's why there are so many local transit agencies.
Usually transit projects advocated by regional planners die as soon as they are planned because they have no funding. It's better for the locals to propose, plan, fund, and operate transit if you wish them to actually get built. It's easier for grass roots projects to get the political support and resulting funding needed. Let the regional planners coordinate projects and find out of area matching funds for local projects.....
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??? Seriously?
Counterpoints: BART, Trimet, Metro, MTA, WMATA, RTD, LACMTA.
It may be simpler to avoid the difficult job of creating & managing regional transportation projects, but then noone says that tackling challenging jobs are easy, now do they?