Why Does Detroit Need Public Transportation?
Detroit has many transportation issues in our city and still continues not to invest in this service for its citizens. While our current major and many other government officials cite budget constraints as the reason why public transportation infrastructure cannot be built in our city, this is the opposite of what will make our city stronger, our citizen healthier and our economy more in pare with Chicago and New York. During the early 1930s Detroit was neck and neck economically with both Chicago and New York City. However, Detroit's public transportation was slowly disinvested as the car industry become more prominent in our geographic region. Now almost 80 years later, we are reaping the grave effects of this decision and now are suffering from an economically depleted economy based on two facts:
1) A complete dependency of the private automobile industry for jobs that has now been taken over by foreign auto makers based on better fuel mileage and reduced cost of ownership;
2) No long term investment in public transportation.
If Detroit had built an economy based on a diversified transportation economy, then our current crisis would not be so pronounced, if not at all the crisis level we currently have. We have many reasons to address our lack of public transportation and should begin the process based on the following reasons as recommended by the Public Transportation Foundation:
Public Transportation helps to decrease bio-carbons improving air quality and environmental issue related to pollution;
Public Transportation creates jobs, improved the economy and improved quality of life for residents of a city that has invested wisely in public transportation.
In conclusion, if you enjoy driving your public car and do not mind the cost of private ownership, no one says you should not be able to drive your care. However, for the sake of the environment, private care ownership needs to become a luxury and not common practice. Why not make public transportation your second car?
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Above writing sourced by: http://www.publictransportation.org