Paying Less for Public Transit Buses

Paying Less for Public Transit Buses

Municipal transit systems in the U.S. pay a lot for buses largely because federal government subsidy formulas encourage local agencies to customize their buses, denying them the cost-saving efficiencies of mass production. Experts Ed Glaeser and Samantha Silverberg offer three ways to remedy this. Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Follow Brookings on social media! Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brookings Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BrookingsInst Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/brookingsinst LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/com/company/the-brookings-institution