Post-Pandemic Propaganda for Rail Transit
31st August 2020
The Antiplanner goes to work.
Writing in the September Trains magazine, which isn’t available on line, transit advocate Malcolm Kenton argues that rail transit agencies can thrive in a pandemic and post-pandemic world by shifting strategies. But he doesn’t mean shifting business strategies to attract more riders; he means shifting propaganda strategies to attract more tax dollars.
The primary customer of rail systems aren’t riders but politicians.