transit is often cited as an investment in social equity because it is seen as a benefit for the poor. As with highway investments, there are all kinds of calculations made to show the financial benefits for the disadvantaged of having improved bus or rail service. In other words, the Infrastructure Cult argues that it’s a positive economic benefit to have a development pattern that spreads everything out as far as possible; then they argue that there’s even more economic benefit to provide a marginal transportation option to the growing number of people who can’t afford to live in that very
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