How much does your city subsidize automobiles? 很多錢給花在疏導交通。

Millions spent to regulate parking and traffic. Count this as subsidy to those who profit from autos and sprawl.

Former BOJ employee: Forget cars. Public transport key to reviving rural communities

Asahi : "Government spending should focus on maintaining railway and other public transportation systems, not roads, to revive local economies and help Japan’s rapidly graying population, says Kiyohito Utsunomiya, professor of economics at Kansai University.

“We should put an end to the fruitless debate that centers merely on short-term profits,” the 54-year-old says."

高鐵新3站今營運 接駁車就位

中時電子報: "台灣高鐵新增苗栗、彰化、雲林三站，今天起正式投入營運，根據高鐵班表，彰化站在上午6時44分將有首班車抵達，苗栗和雲林則分別在6時50分和6時55分迎接列車進站，包括總統馬英九、行政院長毛治國以及交通部長陳建宇，也將分別主持三站的通車典禮。
...高鐵苗栗站指出，新闢快捷公車從竹南科學園區經高鐵站到雪霸國家公園管理處，沿途設有25站，將是接駁旅客的主力，憑票根免費搭乘。 彰化站表示，高鐵快捷公車已經就定位，凡持有高鐵票根的乘客都能免費搭乘，一般旅客在年底前搭乘，也享半價優惠，每天有62個班次。"