Sentence examples for support mass transit from inspiring English sources

First, should Americans support mass transit, denser urban development, bike paths and the like because the UN wants them to?

Under such limited vision, one could justify not paying taxes to support mass transit, health care, social "safety net" programs or a variety of international aid initiatives.

"We're in a phenomenally very good position in light of how much was done this weekend to help support mass transit here in the New York region".

To help support mass transit, he suggested a commuter tax on people who did not live in the city but earned their keep there.

This is a major victory for New York City and if passed will bring an immediate $354 million in federal funding and $500 million in annual revenues to support mass transit.

Mr. Madison and Mr. Cuomo said that the new bridge would provide areas for bikers and walkers, unlike the old one, and that it was being built to support mass transit, which can be added when more money is available.

But in 2008 a right-wing former professional wrestler lost his seat on the Hillsborough County Commission to a gay ex-cop who supports mass transit.

Publicly supported mass transit is concentrated in Kigali, but since the 1990s there has been a large influx of privately operated networks of minibus routes that connect Kigali with towns in all directions.

(Gas taxes, for example, are lower here in the U.S. than they are in Europe, shifting the balance in favor of automobile use. U.S. federal transit funds also favored highway construction more than they supported mass transit development in the 20th century, encouraging sprawl over in-fill development).

Just 21% used alternative fuels such as biodiesel, 31% used wind or solar power, and 60% supported mass transit programs.

And I'll be fighting along with Mayor Bloomberg and people all across the country to continue to support mass-transit funding, something I've been a big believer in ever since I got into politics.