摘要:Transport policy wars are usually fought on two battlefields. On one, the combatants fight over the funding mix between roads and public transport, while on the other, there is vigorous dispute about the relative merits of public versus private provision of infrastructure and services.
This book considers a third front in the transport wars—‘mass’ transit pitted against ‘social’ transit.
Of course, for those who like really big government there is no battle here at all (just fund everything), but for the saner parts of the political spectrum, there is a real need to weigh up priorities.