Re: boosting efficiency/throughput by going faster?

James Robinson <wascana@xxxxxxx> wrote:

"Jack May" <jack.may@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Governments also want to spend most of their transportation dollars on
transit which carry hardly any people at all. This leads to little
money left for roads which leads to congestion, which leads to more
fuel consumption, more CO2, more pollution, more early deaths.

Absolute garbage. The US DOT budget, as an example, is overwhelmingly
geared toward highways and aviation, with about 80 percent of all
expenditures. Less than 15% is spent by the FTA, and I don't see any sign
of a desire to spend "most" of their money on transit.

Transit (i.e. surface public transit) comprises less than 1.5% of
national travel, as you know. You need to look beyond just the federal
budget, as many states and localities provide generous funding for
transit; Maryland, for example, for state and federal transportation
allocations combined, provides over 50% of that to transit, which
comprises less than 4% of travel in the state.

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