1. Air travel was growing rapidly, while the role of mass transit on the ground was shrinking almost everywhere. 2. Also, will more efficient personal transportation detract from incentives to invest in mass transit? 3. Cindy was at home with the children and George worked as a driver for the local mass transit authority. 4. If there were a comprehensive, integrated mass transit system here, fewer people would drive their own cars. 5. In mass transit, private bus companies spend considerable sums to influence legislatures, to get and keep their contracts. 6. Instead of better mass transit, they try to make cars a bit more efficient. 7. People are willing to pay higher rent for the convenience of living near mass transit. 8. Alternate ways of travel, such as mass transit, are more difficult in sprawling suburban communities. 9. Amtrak has proposed that it receive a half-cent from the mass transit funds. 10. An amendment being pushed by U.S. Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., would eliminate funding for specific highway and mass transit projects. |