The proper role of transit is as a wealth accelerator for local communities. The purpose of investments in transit is to support broad-based wealth creation within a city. Unlike auto-based transportation investments, transit can actually deliver on that purpose, and when it does, also provide many of the other benefits that transit is capable of providing, from a net reduction of carbon emissions to increased social equity and more. Transit is a wealth accelerator when it is used in support of productive development patterns and is deployed to function either as a road or a street. Successful
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