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And 41 billion by the federal government is spent on roads.

168 billion total from state and local.

Public transit on the other hand sees only 24.38 billion total.

> The federal government doles out at least $2.3B every year for transit projects

That's about a fifth of what just Paris spends per year. For a 300-million inhabitants country, it seems a bit low.

$2.3b sounds like peanut spending given the scale of the US and the current state of transit in the country.

>$2.3B every year

At this level a couple billion dollars is hardly anything.