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title: ""Despite receiving more than one-fourth of the funding, mass transit…"
date: 2016-05-12
source: facebook
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# "Despite receiving more than one-fourth of the funding, mass transit…

*May 12, 2016 · Facebook*

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[https://fee.org/articles/the-50-year-disaster-of-government-trains-buses-and-streetcars/](https://fee.org/articles/the-50-year-disaster-of-government-trains-buses-and-streetcars/){target="_blank"}
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\"Despite receiving more than one-fourth of the funding, mass transit still represents less than 2 percent of trips taken nationwide. Even when one looks only at commuting, where trains and buses do best, mass transit's national mode share is less than 5 percent --- down from more than 6 percent in 1980.\"\
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[https://fee.org/articles/the-50-year-disaster-of-government-trains-buses-and-streetcars/](https://fee.org/articles/the-50-year-disaster-of-government-trains-buses-and-streetcars/){target="_blank"}
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