Tell your Senators: Public Transportation Creates More Jobs
January 25th, 2010By Sara Wolfson
In the first ten months of the 2009 economic stimulus package, investments in public transportation created twice as many jobs per dollar as investments in highways, according to a new analysis by Smart Growth America. 
With the 2009 stimulus providing three times more money for highways than transit, Congress missed a chance to put more people to work – while also investing in the kind of clean, efficient transportation systems we so desperately need.
Congress has a chance to do better with the jobs bill currently in the works. If The Senate passes a jobs bill that invests equally in public transportation and highways, for example, we could produce year-round employment for nearly 6,000 more workers for the same cost as the House version of the jobs bill.
Tell your Senators: don’t miss this opportunity to create more jobs without spending more money. Let’s invest wisely and put people to work quickly creating a clean, green transportation infrastructure for the 21st Century.
