How Transit Benefits People Who Do Not Ride It: A Conservative Inquiry

In this study by Paul Weyrich and Bill Lind, they explain exactly how transit benefits people who do not ride it. Reducing traffic congestion for people who drive is just one way. There are many more such as, aiding conservation, saving non-riders money, and providing occasional transit use for non-riders.

Why is it important that people who do not ride transit understand that it benefits them? Because too often, when a transit measure is on the ballot, they vote against it. They think, "Why should I vote for this? It won't do me any good."

They are wrong. When they vote no, they are hurting themselves. That transit issue on the ballot will often benefit them, in the ways this study describes...

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