O’Toole as usual has an agenda to find a way to make every positive thing about transit seem bad.
It’s clear here in that he uses average US-wide incomes to segment the population in urban areas. NYC has the highest transit ridership: if you make $65,000 a year, you might not be making rent. If you make $25,000 a year, you’re not able to afford to live anywhere near transit, and would be making less than minimum wage in new york state.
all you need to do is compare the cost to take transit to the cost to drive a car to see the weakness in his argument.
It’s clear here in that he uses average US-wide incomes to segment the population in urban areas. NYC has the highest transit ridership: if you make $65,000 a year, you might not be making rent. If you make $25,000 a year, you’re not able to afford to live anywhere near transit, and would be making less than minimum wage in new york state.
all you need to do is compare the cost to take transit to the cost to drive a car to see the weakness in his argument.