VOTERS WANT MORE TRANSIT OPTIONS. POLITICIANS SHOULD LISTEN.

With over 70 percent of voters saying the government should fund more public transit, it’s no surprise imaginary transit maps keep going viral.

Most Americans do want more public transportation. In a 2023 nationwide survey of registered voters, 71 percent of respondents agreed that we should be shifting funding from highways to public transit.

This broad consensus shouldn’t surprise us. Public transportation drives economic opportunity and health equity. Public transit offers a 5 to 1 return on investment and saves 37 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually in the U.S. — equivalent to the combined household electricity emissions of New York City, Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.