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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture
probably because transit cant help move goods like containers and what-not. those do add money to the economy that a lot of people forget to factor in when thinking about road infrastructure. they think about benefits to car drivers yet forget that goods movements add a lot more.
mass transit only moves people, not goods. roads move both.
there is also a difference between 150/300 million and a couple billion. it also doesn't help when the road as been a problem since the 1960's and I'm sure isn't all that safe. lets not forget an idling car puts our more emissions then a moving car. as evident when i go 450km on a tank of gas in the city and 800km on the freeway when at a constant speed.
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Mass Transit doesn't only move people. It gets people out of their cars off the roads which elevates road congestion and allows improved movement of goods. Mass Transit directly correlates to improved goods movement.
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