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one it should do for all what government does not do for all it should do for none nbsp featured content housing form in australia and its impact on greenhouse gas emissions how smart growth exacerbated the int l financial crisis heritage foundation new geography blog western europe work trip travel times less in suburbs 20060926 the london congestion charge hype and reality houston more roads less traffic congestion texas transportation institute data amtrak s problem excessive costs not insufficient revenues world urban areas population land area density international urban areas transport the environment index wendell cox public speaking brochure lost opportunities us transit value since 1970 0 07 per new 1 00 this series of charts shows how transit expenditures have risen at an inflation adjusted rate 15 times that of the increase in ridership this more than 60 percent loss in productivity is in contrast to the competitive bus and airline industries where productivity has increased 22 percent and 91 percent respectively united states by far the highest public transport costs usa transit costs 3 5 times europe 10 times asia international data indicates that the cost per point of public transport market share in the united states is 3 5 times that of western europe and 10 times that of high income asia subsidies are also highest in the united states also at 3 5 times western europe the largest systems in high income asia are generally not subsidized either for capital or operations tokyo yokohama alone carries nearly double the number of passengers each year as all usa public transport systems combined it can be expected that the gap with europe will increase as competitive incentives and funding decentralization are increasingly used the to reduce unit costs and expand public service within existing budgets smart growth delusion not vision wendell cox closing statement at railvolution conference wendell cox and congressman earl blumenauer d oregon debated smart growth and transit at the annual railvolution conference in san francisco 2001 wendell cox s closing statement is reproduced here wendell cox teaches at cnam in paris public transport in the us international perspective wendell cox principal of the public purpose and demographia served as a visiting professor at the conservatoire national des arts et metiers cnam in paris in 2002 and 2003 this french national university has approximately 80 000 students and grants degrees to the doctoral level it is in the core of paris 3rd arrondissement at the arts and metiers metro station and was established in the former abbaye de st martin des champs during the french revolution mr cox presented seminars on u s and international urban planning urbanization public transport intercity rail including amtrak freight transport and world urban areas in paris and le havre and conducted research on french and european demographics and transport link to demographia web site detailed international and us demographic and land use information this web site contains the world s most comprehensive data on large urban area population density as well as specialized data from the censuses of france japan italy the united kingdom canada the united states and other nations the site also specializes in urban planning and land use with data and analysis generally critical of so called smart growth exorbitant us costs urban rail less to lease cars for new riders cheaper jaguar xj8 for new seattle riders us dept of transportation data indicates that the costs per new rider of all but one of the more than 25 proposed new us light rail and metro systems exceeds the cost of leasing a car in perpetuity in some cases a luxury car such as a bmw 740i or jaguar xj8 could be leased for less in virtually all cases an economy car could be leased the demonstrates that urban transport policy that requires such exhorbitant costs for new ridership is unsustainable except for a small elite famous jaguar light rail slide public transport shares dropping around the world international public transport market share trends more than 40 urban areas an analysis of public transport market shares from 1980 in international urban areas shows a downward trend in most urban areas wendell cox u s senate testimony smart growth more congestion air pollution less home ownership the u s senate committee on environment and public works invited demographia principal wendell cox to testify on 15 may 2002 in his testimony mr cox reviewed the national and international evidence demonstrating that the higher densities smart growth requires are associated with greater traffic congestion more air pollution higher consumer expenditures and lower levels of home ownership this latter impact occurs because smart growth rations land and development which inevitably raises the price of housing the impact falls most heavily on lower income households which are disproportionately minority the testimony also reviewed the conditions under which public transit can be successful and noted consistent with the analysis of the international union of public transport the international equivalent of the us american public transportation association or apta that transit has little impact in the united states this is because so little transit is provided and it is so slow avoiding bankrupt western policies keeping hong kong rail expansion on the right track this hong kong apple daily op ed makes the case for expanding hong kong s successful passenger rail system it is suggested that the key to future success is to maintain a system that does not require subsidy so that customers remain the passengers rather than the government funding agencies policy statement urban rail uses and misuses the public purpose has consistently found urban rail to be an expensive and ineffective strategy for reducing traffic congestion in automobile oriented urban areas despite unsupportable claims by promoters to the contrary urban rail is quite appropriate in high density highly centralized urban areas such as tokyo yokohama osaka kobe kyoto new york london paris and hong kong the public purpose is not opposed to urban rail the public purpose is opposed to waste and deception where rail makes a difference urban rail success stories urban rail is an effective strategy for controlling traffic congestion where residential population densities are very high and where there are extremely large and dense central business districts examples are tokyo new york london paris and hong kong badge of honor wendell cox placed on sprawlwatch list wendell cox and others are highlighted as opponents of the anti sprawl movement cox stated that placement on the list was a badge of honor but that sprawlwatch would have more correctly characterized those on the list as pro choice with respect to urban development that people should be permitted to live and work where they like wendell cox oped in the washington times a straitjacket on growth new urbanist and so called smart growth policies promise to slow economic growth where implemented and could limit job creation and business expansion limitations on new big box retailers is likely to limit job growth in construction trades and related industries the telecommunications revolution and the expansion of regional jet service could erode the competitiveness of larger metropolitan areas in combination with new urbanist and so called smart growth initiatives smaller metropolitan areas are likely to benefit by welcoming the growth turned away by areas engaging in heavy handed land use regulation like portland oregon wendell cox oped in atlanta constitution portland not sprawl free atlanta needs other policies despite atlanta s reputation for severe traffic congestion and low densities wendell cox shows that the atlanta area scores generally better on measures of public transit use than portland which has gained an international reputation for policies intended to increase transit ridership and urban density his conclusion is that portland s policies would not solve atlanta s traffic problems any more than they have portland s response to report by david rusk keeping kalamazoo competitive the husock report this report by howard husock of the john f kennedy school of government at harvard university and wendell cox challenges the findings of the kalamazoo county compact by david rusk and recommends competition based measures to improve the competitiveness of kalamazoo refuting the 6 lane myth average light rail line carries 1 5 freeway lane proponents often claim that light rail is the equivalent of 6 freeway lanes an analysis of actual us data on all new light rail systems indicates that no system carries more than 1 3 of the volume of a single freeway lane the impact on traffic congestion is even less since on average fewer than 25 percent of light rail riders are former automobile drivers national journal citations 2001 honor 2003 honor in 2001 and 2003 the national journal rated transport web sites in the united states in both years the public purpose was honored along with major association and government sites such as the u s department of transportation the american association of state highway and transportation officials smart growth america the sierra club and the american public transit association amtrak reform council finding amtrak performance derailed norquist casts deciding vote 9 november 2001 the amtrak reform council arc today made its statutorily required finding that amtrak would not achieve operating self sufficiency by december 2002 the finding was passed by a 6 5 vote with clinton appointee mayor john norquist of milwaukee casting the deciding vote after the council had deadlocked at 5 5 under the amtrak reform and accountability act arc must submit a reorganization plan to the congress within 90 days and amtrak must submit a liquidation plan amtrak reform council finding amtrak performance derailed norquist casts deciding vote 9 november 2001 the amtrak reform council arc today made its statutorily required finding that amtrak would not achieve operating self sufficiency by december 2002 the finding was passed by a 6 5 vote with clinton appointee mayor john norquist of milwaukee casting the deciding vote after the council had deadlocked at 5 5 under the amtrak reform and accountability act arc must submit a reorganization plan to the congress within 90 days and amtrak must submit a liquidation plan railigion light rail not justified engineering news record the public purpose principal wendell cox argues that new light rail systems are not justified in the united states because they fail to achieve their principal public objective reduction of traffic congestion he suggests that the present trend toward light rail results more from ideology or theology than a genuine interest in solving transport problems nbsp nbsp quick index demographia urban tours by rental car the public 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