Most Light Rail Projects Are Costly and Inefficient
09 May 2020 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, transport economics, urban economics Tags: benefit cost analysis, trains
@TransportBlog How Aucklanders and Wellingtonians commute to work, 2013 Census
22 Sep 2015 1 Comment
in politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Auckland, bikes, buses, commuting, cycling, trains, Wellington
Bugger all Aucklanders take the bus (6.5%) or train (1.8%) to work. More Wellingtonians take the train (6.4%) or the public bus (7.9%) than in Auckland but more walk or jog than take either of those two publicly funded and subsidised conveyances. Hardly anybody takes a bike to work these days.
Source: 2013 Census QuickStats about transport and communications.
Source: 2013 Census QuickStats about transport and communications
1,800 mass transit systems in the US — 2% report fare revenues exceeding operating expenses
11 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, transport economics Tags: buses, green rent seeking, public transport, public transport deficits, trains
Of the 1,800+ US mass transit systems ~2% reported that fare revenue exceeded operating costs bit.ly/1EoQyqD http://t.co/Q6t9pB7q8a—
The Hamilton Project (@hamiltonproj) May 14, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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