Benefits of Public Transit - Advocates for Public Transit:
- Transportation to Work
- Economic competitiveness with other communities that have transit systems for businesses looking to relocate or expand
- Economic multiplier: Every $1 returns $4 to the local economy
- Provides jobs
- Transportation for seniors, persons with disabilities
- Access to medical, shopping, employment opportunities
- Access to educational opportunities, resulting in better educated workforce
- Affordable and necessary alternative to personal transportation
- Improves the community's quality of life
- Transportation for youth to after school activities
- Relieves congestion
- Good for the environment, improves air quality, is sustainable
- Improves local planning and reduces sprawl
- Reduces need for expensive infrastructure, parking and roads
- Affordable housing by reducing the need to have a two-car family
- A critical first step towards light rail
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