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Carl Levin: “That seems to me to be one of the real problems with this program, it is hard to identify what percentage of employees…”

On the recordApril 24, 2007
That seems to me to be one of the real problems with this program, it is hard to identify what percentage of employees were moved or attracted or given an incentive to leave either a single occupant vehicle or a multiple occupant vehicle or a carpool or whatever, moved to Metro as a result of this subsidy.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan
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congress.gov
Apr 24, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Discussing challenges in measuring the effectiveness of the Transit Benefit Program.

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