DailyDirt: Can Public Transportation Ever Make Everyone Happy?

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Public transportation is a tough problem -- collecting taxes to build out expensive infrastructure is always going to be a touchy political battle. Inevitably, there will be some people who won't see the benefits and others who will, disproportionately. Creating some hybrid of public and private transportation seems like the future (as well as the lesser-known past). Here are just a few links on getting around without your own personal vehicle.

• New York City has an unofficial system of private buses/vans/shuttles that fill the gaps in the Big Apple's bus and subway system. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission supposedly regulates this type of commerce, but the number of illegal shuttles operating in the city far outnumbers the officially-issued licenses. [url]
• Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) is developing a private railroad for passengers. The All Aboard Florida project is starting construction now, proudly stating that it is doing so with zero dollars of taxpayer funding. [url]
• Elon Musk wasn't a fan of the high speed rail project in California, so he proposed his own Hyperloop concept. If you haven't heard about this whitepaper, you must have been in a coma.... [url]

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