This is a great example of why taxes are so high in America. Instead of having one party be for lowering taxes and one for raising taxes, why not have both part

This is a great example of why taxes are so high in America. Instead of having one party be for lowering taxes and one for raising taxes, why not have both parties admit that we all want to make government more efficient with the money it does have? Roads are surprisingly expensive to build and maintain, but sprawl requires more roads and it reduces the tax efficiency of the land. Here's a great article explaining how a classic main-street style road generates more property tax dollars than an equivalent sprawl street. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/traditional-development-is-a-municipal-gold-mine/ http://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/traditional-deve... Rail is expensive to build and maintain too, but maybe combined with ride hailing for the last mile, rail could be focused on just highly trafficked corridors that are also the most efficient people and dollar wise.