Wilbur: Did you catch that Jim? Not one RIDER has been killed! Your stats are therefore completely irrelevant to the argument of whether its safer to ride MAX or drive!
JK: OK, you got me - if you can make aboard without getting killed, you are fairly safe. MAX kills its riders before and after they ride on MAX and kills, children on bikes and other innocent bystanders. The net result, on per-passenger-mile basis is that MAX kills about three times as many people as cars.

Wilbur: And no I'm not being paid like you are by Big Oil. You, like R. OToole, are a local representative of the Big Oil founded and funded Cato Institute...
JK: That is a lie and you know it you twit. But I understand your dilemma: mass transit is so expensive that you have to hide the facts, partly by attacking the messenger so that people will forget. Lets revisit some facts:

MAX kill people at about three times the rate of cars.
MAX costs about five times the cost of driving when you include construction costs.
BUSES cost more than driving a car. They only appear cheap because the taxpayers pick up 80% of the tab.
BUSES DO NOT save energy compared to small cars.

Thanks
JK