Throwing Taxpayers Under the Bus Should Albuquerque Rapid Transit Receive Federal Subsidies?

In August, the City of Albuquerque will request funding from the Federal Transit Administration’s “Small Starts” subsidization program. The application will seek revenue to cover 80 percent of the costs for the first phase of Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART), a planned system that will combine “many features of rail transit with the flexibility of buses.”1