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Report: Government can better support transitPublished 03/10/08
A 6-minute increase in travel times over the past 26 years means commuters spend an extra 50 hours annually trapped in their cars, according to a new report from the Maryland Public Interest Research Group that advocates for more public-transit funding.
The new report issued last week faults the federal government's funding mechanism for prioritizing roads over public transportation, but also encourages state and local governments to do more to ween commuters from their cars.
"There's only so much that can be done at a state, local, region (level), but there's more that can be done, especially in Central...
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