Pittsburgh, Chapel Hill activists join worldwide anti-car network

This shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with the PRCH (People's Republic of Chapel Hill). I posted this because I have to call BS on the Mayor of Chapel Hill's assertion:

"Ridership has doubled since the transit agency decided three years ago to make the service free. The cities recoup lost fares by not having to widen roads, build parking areas and other car-related infrastructure, Foy said."

He is lying. There is no way you can recoup the cost of operating a public transit system by cost avoidance in road maintenance. The free ride is being financed on the backs of Chapel Hill property owners. Not that the elites in the PRCH would complain, but this kind of dishonesty breeds the mythology that surrounds public transportation as an alternative to individuals driving cars.

Note that I am a fan of mass transit (not public transportation, there is a difference). This is another case of well-intentioned liberals screwing things up with their ham-handed approach to solving problems. Attitudes toward mass transit in America will never change as long as people like Foy keep trying to shove a government-based solution down our throats and running a con game to sugar-coat the results.