06-20-2018, 05:48 PM
Quote:GOP mega-donors Charles and David Koch are pouring money into efforts to kill public transport projects across the country, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The Koch-financed conservative group Americans for Prosperity has campaigned against seven local or state-level ballot initiatives for public transit and opposed more than two dozen other transit measures since 2015, according to the report. Those efforts include fighting state proposals to raise gasoline taxes. The majority of these campaigns have been successful. Koch Industries includes companies that produce gasoline, asphalt, seatbelts, tires and other automotive parts and some critics have questioned Americans for Prosperity's motivations for opposing transit projects.Koch-backed group fighting public transit projects across US | TheHill