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Making the Case for Transit: WMATA Regional Benefits of Transit (WMATA, 2011)

Posted on January 19, 2012

A November, 2011 report from Washington, DC makes the case for why transit is important to the region, and imagines what it would look like without transit. The WMATA web site gives a brief overview, and the full technical report can be downloaded.

Posted in Economic Impact, Land Use, Livability, Resources, TransitTagged DC, jobs, livability, report, study, transit, urban design

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