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Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Atlantic: Other Reason Americans Don't Use Mass Transit
October 17, 2025
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 16, 2025, to The Atlantic:

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The Other Reason Americans Don't Use Mass Transit

By Charles Fain Lehman

People will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them.

Mass transit in the United States lacks mass appeal. In a 2024 study of data from nearly 800 cities, Asian urban residents used public transit for 43 . . .

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