Newsflash: Highways Are Handouts for Developers, Too

In the annals of anti-transit nonsense, there’s a particularly ill-considered line that goes like this: No public investment should go toward this streetcar/light rail line, because it’s going to pay off for private developers.
"You get the development you design your transportation systems for." Highway spending produces sprawl while transit spending promotes walkability. Photo: Fort [...]

Source: http://streetsblog.net/2011/03/25/newsflash-transit-isnt-the-only-mode-that-shapes-development/

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