Report slams Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program as ‘a corporate giveaway’
New Jersey is one of four states whose attempts to reduce workers’ travel time by providing economic development subsidies has had little effect on transit ridership, land use patterns or site location decisions, according to a nonprofit agency report.
Good Jobs First, based in Washington, D.C., said attempts by officials in California, Illinois, Maryland, and New Jersey to make job subsidies location-efficient have failed. (Hassan, State Street Wire)