| Transit spending as a
percentage of funding in long range transportation plan |
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What MTC will do for public transportation is reflected in
the latest Regional Transportation Plan. Some 77% of all transportation
funding over the next 25 years will be spent on public transportation. In
fact, MTC's plan shows a larger percentage of transportation dollars being
spent on public transportation than any other large metropolitan area in the
nation. This share is particularly generous when compared to the 6% of
daily trips that are actually made on transit. |
| Highway spending as a
percentage of funding in long range transportation plan |
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These facts stand in stark contrast to some of the
criticisms by transit and environmental advocacy groups that MTC is funding
too many highway projects. Highway lane additions
amount to only a 5% increase over existing road miles and comprise only 4 %
of the spending in MTC's 25-year plan, ranking MTC last among major
metropolitan areas in spending on road capacity |
