>Specific local conditions might make transit preferable to the car
>(such as a dense city
>like NY), but seen in the round, transit and highway are apples and pears,
>not equivalents.
So why not change specific local conditions? Auto dependency is not a given. It's a matter of decades of policy.
>Even if transit were to double in size that would only reduce
>highway passenger miles by one per cent.
From the little acorn grew the mighty oak.