Title: FEDERAL URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND THE CASE OF THE SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY
Abstract: New rail transit systems in the U.S. have been the subject of much debate in the last twenty years. This debate has centered on two aspects of new systems: construction costs and ridership levels. This paper seeks to move the debate beyond money vs. usage, and compares the relative capital cost and ridership benefits of the new systems to the Second Avenue subway, a system expansion project in New York City which was aborted due to lack of capitol funding. Simply put, the paper points out that the disappointing results of the new systems in terms of ridership, and the failure of the Second Avenue to be built, are closely related, and are really two horns of the same dilemma.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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