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The property rights one always bothers me; it seems to me that if you're right where a necessary transport link needs to be, you should of course be fairly comp
by FreakyT 8y ago
The property rights one always bothers me; it seems to me that if you're right where a necessary transport link needs to be, you should of course be fairly compensated, but ultimately you shouldn't have any say/choice in the matter.
Ridiculous obstacles like this are, IMO, a major part of why the US is seemingly completely paralyzed when it comes to constructing any major transit projects.
- richardbrevig 8y agoThe US government does have the power to seize private property for the public's benefit, it's called Eminent Domain [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain
- mikeash 8y agoOne problem is that historically it somehow turned out that poorer, blacker people tended to be the ones in the way of big transportation projects. A lot of the backlash has roots in real abuses.