Streetcar Claims Are Deceptive | Randal O'Toole | Cato Institute: Commentary

Streetcar Claims Are Deceptive | Randal O'Toole | Cato Institute: Commentary: 'There is a good reason why all but six of the more than 800 American cities that once had streetcars replaced them with buses: Streetcar infrastructure is expensive to build, expensive to maintain and must be rehabilitated at high cost about every 30 years.

The subsidies supporting streetcars are far greater, per rider or per passenger mile, than subsidies to buses.'