More transit=more jobs : the impact of increased funding for public transit

"Based on data from Transportation Improvement Programs in 20 metropolitan areas, this study shows that the proportion of total transportation dollars spent on transit varies from 15 percent to 75 percent. Metropolitan areas that give a higher priority to transit generate more jobs per dollar spent on transportation. If our 20 metropolitan areas shifted 50 percent of their highway funds to transit, they would generate 1,123,674 new transit jobs over a five-year period -- for a net gain of 180,150 jobs over five years -- without a single dollar of new spending"--Executive Summary.