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Transit For A Habitable Planet
Why the hell is America's public transportation so terrible?
That's today's big question, and my guest is Nicholas Dagen Bloom.
He's the author of the subtly titled new book, the Great American Transit Disaster. Nicholas is a professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College. He's the author of a bunch of books including Public Housing That Worked, The Metropolitan Airport and How States Shaped Post-War America. He's also the co-editor of the prize-winning Public Housing Myths and Affordable Housing in New York.
This new book, the Great American Transit Disaster (out now) is a deep…
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