[pikachu]

For the same cost, your could give each of the 6,200 people who would get the 'jobs' $750,000 and still have money left over. Which would you take if given the option?

[Willie Green]

Well I know that you'd prefer that kind of direct welfare handout,
But by constructing transportation infrastructure, people have to actually perform WORK to EARN the money that they receive. And in return, the public acquires a tangible, long term benefit. Something that they can actually use every day for decades to come. Additionally, a good transportation network promotes commerce and produces a beneficial "ripple effect" throughout the entire local economy.

[q_an_a]

In Dallas they can't build the rail lines fast enough. Every train station has New Development including retail and Condos or Apt housing.

The not often talked about benefit is that if two people working at a medical center take the train instead of a car you save PARKING. The construction and land cost of parking spots is high. Better to build a hospital than parking.