Will low gas prices hurt mass transit?

There might be drawbacks to the U.S. energy boom

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America, to hear CNN tell it, "is falling in love with public transit." But are we truly committed, or just flirting?

That's the question on the minds of transit advocates nationwide as we consider the landscape in 2015. As it happens, this year will see the confluence of several important transportation trends, each with implications for mass-transit ridership. The most discussed of these trends, of course, is the ongoing decline in the price of gasoline.

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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.