The biggest folly in transportation: streetcars to nowhere

And DOT just can't stop funding them...

Streetcar time
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer))

From Atlanta to Washington, D.C., cities across the country are progressing on controversial new streetcar lines that are pitting transit planners against developers and elected officials.

At the center of the debate? Streetcars' rather lousy ability to actually transport anyone anywhere.

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Jacob Anbinder

Jacob Anbinder is a policy associate at the Century Foundation, the New York-based think tank. He writes about transportation, infrastructure, and urban affairs.