MN: Ad Campaign Blames Transit for Traffic Congestion

An ad campaign by a conservative think tank blames the Metropolitan Council and MnDOT for traffic congestion, accusing those agencies of shifting priorities away from roads and toward transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects.

The Center for the American Experiment's billboard on I-35W declares, "Stuck in Traffic? Blame Dayton's Met Council."

The organization's ubiquitous radio commercials feature the line,"It’s by design; the Metropolitan Council has decided deliberately not to build enough highway lanes to force us on to bicycles, buses, and trains." 

But the reality is that the vast majority of transportation funding comes with strings attached. The Metropolitan Council and MnDOT can't shift money from one mode of travel to another on a whim.

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