Support for rail voiced by drivers is based on a hope that others will use rail transit and open up the road, and in fact rail riders are taken out of buses, not cars. Rail transit is cost-effective. Rail is economically inferior to conventional bus service. Rail promotes superior urban form. In any event, rail cannot overcome the forces pushing for decentralization.
Rail transit benefits low-income people.
Rail construction provides jobs. Good transit policies are within the grasp of every urban area, but they will not be found until decision-makers divest themselves of these myths and build their programs on solid reality.