Senior fellow with the CATO Institute, Randal O'Toole, explains in THIS ARTICLE why:
- Light rail can spend lots of tax dollars.
- Light rail cannot get a lot of people out of their cars.
- Light rail can inconvenience transit riders.
- Light rail increases congestion.
- Light rail benefits downtown property owners at the expense of property owners elsewhere.
- Light rail does not stimulate economic development.
- Light rail increases energy consumption and greenhouse gases.
- Light rail diverts tax dollars that could be used for truly productive transportation projects.