So I am going to give everyone a guide on how public transit gets built in America using the example of the 2 systems undergoing the largest expansions currently, Seattle, and LA.
How to build a Metro System in the US
- Organize transit advocacy groups (your city is probably currently here)
- Elect pro transit leaders to a city council
- Make transit an issue by talking to people about it, speaking at local government hearings and in general showing how it is neede
- Get the city government to begin a study on the Environmental impact of a metro system
- During the study make your voice heard by planners
- Have the City council vote to hold a transit levy ballot measure
- Vote in favour of the ballot measure
- Stay informed on the transit project to insure it stays as what was promised to voters
- Wait for construction to finish
- Ride the new metro system
