21. Review of Greenlight Pinellas
- Author:
- Randal O'Toole
- Publication Date:
- 10-2014
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Cato Institute
- Abstract:
- Under its “Greenlight Pinellas” proposal, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), which serves Pinellas County, FL, wants to switch its major funding source from a property tax to a sales tax at a rate that will more than double its local tax revenues, and use the added money to build a 24-mile light-rail line and expand bus service. This proposal is extremely and unnecessarily expensive given that buses can provide a superior service to light rail, carrying more passengers more comfortably to more destinations at a far lower cost.
- Topic:
- Infrastructure
- Political Geography:
- United States