"Rail tends to be sexier than buses, so as long as the trains are shiny and clean, people call it a success," said Wendell Cox, an Illinois-based transportation consultant.

But over the long run, confronting the unions could yield even more, said Wendell Cox, a consultant who has analyzed transit systems in America and overseas.

Wendell Cox, a demographer and transportation consultant in Belleville, Ill., believes the results of the study favor the highest-density cities, like New York.

"All we're doing with our subsidies is subsidizing excessive costs," said Wendell Cox, one member of the council, at a meeting on Feb. 7 where its report was released.

Wendell Cox and Randal O'Toole are the leading figures supporting lower density development.

Wendell Cox is a leading proponent of the use of the private car over Rail projects.

In response, representatives of the Sierra Club have called Wendell Cox an "itinerant anti-public transportation gun-for-hire."

Wendell Cox - electric guitar & second solo on "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"

Wendell Cox, public policy consultant said in 2001 that Auckland's "public transport's downtown work trip market share is 31%" compared to Wellington's 26%.

Wendell Cox is a vocal opponent of smart growth policies.