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Article: Public Transit Seen as Future Family 'Second Car'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 11, 2000
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Transportation: Four Scenarios Studied to Deal With Congestion
As San Diego braces itself for massive traffic congestion over the next 20 years, the solution may lie in transforming public transit into a "second car."
But there are no answers as to who will pay for it, and whether any new taxes will be levied to cover it.
"By 2020, we could have what some major cities in the world have now, a transit system that serves as the average family's second car," said Leon Williams, chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Development Board.
The revamped transit system would be faster, more comfortable and easier to use. This will help boost ...