Cars use less energy than does light rail─3,445 BTUs per passenger mile vs. 3,465 (that is the amount of energy each mode uses on average to move a passenger one mile). 


"Transit is heavily subsidized — in Los Angeles County and elsewhere. The correct figures: Metro currently subsidizes on average 72 percent of a bus fare and about 76 percent of a rail fare. See page 64 of this year’s adopted budget."

It looks as if not only is liberalism's efforts at forcing us all onto mass transit absurdly expensive, it is also less fuel efficient and worse for the environment.  In fact, it looks kinda like this:  

Maybe someday we can stop government from forcefully taking our money from us to subsidize these progressive fantasies.  Until then, keep working sheeple!  Progressives need your money.