{"id":197045415,"date":"2011-03-31T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T14:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=197045415"},"modified":"2011-03-31T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T14:50:15","slug":"putting-the-masses-behind-mass-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=197045415","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Masses Behind Mass Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bill Worthen<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Americans are in love with the automobile. Yet, this heavy reliance on autos is taking a toll on the country&#8217;s flawed transportation system. Fluctuating gas prices, rising everyday living costs, environmental concerns and an aging infrastructure further tax our transportation system and suggest that it&#8217;s time to reconsider this long-standing love affair with cars.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re reaching the limits of our capacity and density regarding transportation. Anyone who commutes to work via automobile is likely well-versed in the frustrations caused by traffic, highway degradation and other problems. Yet across the nation we see a real resistance to mass transit.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/03\/30\/idUS188765760220110330\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/03\/30\/idUS188765760220110330<\/a>oldId.20110331145015886<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bill Worthen It&#8217;s no secret that Americans are in love with the automobile. Yet, this heavy reliance on autos is taking a toll on the country&#8217;s flawed transportation system. Fluctuating gas prices, rising everyday living costs, environmental concerns and an aging infrastructure further tax our transportation system and suggest that it&#8217;s time to reconsider &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=197045415\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Putting the Masses Behind Mass Transit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197045415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mass-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197045415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197045415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197045415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197045415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=197045415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=197045415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}