Our latest UP policy study from senior fellow and ace demographer, Wendell Cox, finds that the more money the feds spend on urban transit, the fewer the percentage of commuters who ride them. Transit funding for big blue cities has negative productivity as shown by this key chart from the study:

Fox News reported:

A new [Unleash Prosperity] report is raising fresh questions about whether billions in federal transit spending are delivering results, as funding climbs to record highs while bus and rail commuting remains below pre-pandemic levels…

Wendell Cox, a senior fellow with the group and the report’s author, traces the federal transit program to its 1960s origins, when it was intended to expand mobility for low-income residents and reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

Since then, federal support has grown steadily — but transit’s commuter share has moved in the opposite direction, according to the report.

The full study is available here:

This begs the question: why are Republicans in Congress bailing out transit systems and transit unions in blue cities?