On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about how the expansion of mass transit system would affect economic productivity. According to new research, depending on the size of a city, the economic value of transit could be worth anywhere from $1.5 million to almost $2 billion dollars a year. What will it take to convince your city to invest in and expand public transportation? Join the conversation and call in with your questions on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Jeff Wood, New Media Director and Chief Cartographer at Reconnecting America
Dan Chatman, assistant professor of city and regional planning at UC Berkeley
Debbie Hale, Executive Director Contract Performance Goals and Objectives The Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC)
Web Resources:
Urban Studies: Transit Service, Physical Agglomeration and Productivity in US Metropolitan Areas
The Atlantic: 'Transit' Might Not Be Essential to Transit-Oriented Development
The Atlantic: Public Transit Is Worth Way More to a City Than You Might Think
Study Examines Critical Role Of Transit In Linking Low-Income Communities With Career-Ladder Opportunities
NY Times: Stranded by Sprawl