Short, John Rennie2021-01-192021-01-192016-04-04JOHN RENNIE SHORT, Why America’s Public Transportation Is Crumbling, https://slate.com/business/2016/04/how-america-got-its-infrastructure-chasm.htmlhttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/20525Officials in Washington, D.C., said last week they may have to shut down portions of the Metro subway system for months because its piecemeal approach to maintenance is no longer sufficient. The disclosure follows a shutdown of the entire Metro system on March 16 for 24 hours. Three-quarters of a million people use the system each weekday, so the inconvenience and cost were considerable.en-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.public transportationmetropopulation growthnational economyText