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While I agree the current plan is very weak, the article doesn't have any true specific points or proposition... just generic points. Anyway, it Seems like th

While I agree the current plan is very weak, the article doesn't have any true specific points or proposition... just generic points. Anyway, it Seems like the current proposal is a Obama 'shovel ready' infra plan 2.0, it didn't accomplish anything meaningful and lasting to the country. This looks the same. I would have loved to have seen some true high-speed rail proposition, yet it doesn't contain anything like that. Biden is not looking for some true meaningful change, just more of the same stuff. note: if you want to revitalize small towns centers/cores, trains are the best options. If you travel in europe, especially in Germany, in almost every medium town at its core/center there is a train station. It creates an ecosystem around it. Roads to lead to more sprawl and the typical strip-mall architecture.

Yoofie 6y ago
This is the first article in a series. The author already has three articles up where he has more suggestions. Part II - https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/4/12/the-half-truth-on-infrastructure-at-the-heart-of-the-american-jobs-plan#amjobsplan3 https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/4/12/the-half-truth... Part III - https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/4/13/when-it-comes-to-infrastructure-the-american-jobs-plan-is-business-as-usual https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/4/13/when-it-comes-... I agree rail would be great but the problem is that auto-centric attitude is deeply entrenched in the culture. Any rail proposal will just have a huge list of various groups, organizations and citizens opposing it and thus driving up costs and ultimately killing any plans.