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Kenneth T. Jackson - Robert Moses, Hero of New York?

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Moses Wasn't in Charge of Mass Transit

Carol Costello: Was Moses responsible for the decline of public transit? She says he was building cars and roads and bridges, so in that sense yes. But if you look at New York compared to the rest of the U.S., she says, it used to be 20% of all transport riders were there. Costello: He didn't help it, but his argument was he built what the public wanted.

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