The state of public transit in the U.S. is declining rapidly as systems across the nation face a fiscal crisis. Watch the full video:
"The federal money that goes to transit services is largely limited to the capital costs," said Peter Norton, an assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia. "That means building the infrastructure or buying the vehicles. But the operating costs are where the transit services are really pinched."
What's more, according to Nicholas Dagen Bloom, a professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College, "the cost of living, operations and construction over the last 40, 50 years has far exceeded what is collected in fares.""If a transit system doesn't have enough money, we can limit the hour of services and the frequency of service," said Norton. "But all of those things also deter ridership and encourage people to depend on their car instead.
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