Commentary - Wendell Cox: Mass transit does not reduce congestion

Chart from the European Union Shows Transit Decrease and Automobile Increase:

PUBLIC TRANSPORT SHARES DROPPING AROUND THE WORLD Public Purposes

REFUTING THE 6-LANE MYTH    Average Light Rail Line Carries 1/5 Freeway Lane

The Illusion of Transportation Choice:    Transit Service for the Elite

THE IMPACT OF SMART GROWTH ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
Analysis of 8 Metropolitan Markets by
Land Use Planning System

Debunking Portland    The City That Doesn’t Work
by Randal O’Toole

Portland: A Model for How Not to Run a City

How Not to Run a City    Part Two: Planners Derailed

Portland : Don't Fall for the Streetcar Hoax

Wendell Cox Closing Statement at Railvolution Conference
Wendell Cox and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) debated smart growth and transit
San Francisco (2001)

Portland (Oregon): Demographia

Livability: The How-It-Never-Was Illusion:  Wendell Cox:

A Desire Named Streetcar  How Federal Subsidies Encourage Wasteful
Local Transit Systems    by Randal O’Toole

Smart Growth at the Federal Trough
EPA’s Financing of the Anti-Sprawl Movement

The Mythical World of Transit-Oriented Development: 
Light Rail and the Orenco Neighborhood, Hillsboro, Oregon

Hidden in Plain Sight: Portland’s Disappearing Street Maintenance Fund

Portland’s highway system: there is no there there

Forward into the Past   This week TriMet began construction on its next light-rail

The Market has Spoken: Light Rail Can’t Compete  Market share for downtown commuters dropped by 30% over the past five years. Considering that TriMet actually opened two new rail lines during that period, this is a stunning decline in ridership.