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The part that is most interesting: About half of the transportation dollars in the bill are dedicated to Amtrak and urban transit, modes of transportation that
by 1cvmask 5y ago
The part that is most interesting:
About half of the transportation dollars in the bill are dedicated to Amtrak and urban transit, modes of transportation that carry less than 1 percent of passenger travel and no freight. While the other half appears to be dedicated to highways, much of that will be spent on projects that will reduce, not maintain or increase, roadway capacities.
- slater 5y agoWhich is exactly what should be done; cf. "Induced demand" [0] - adding more roads just adds more congestion, it doesn't reduce it. Also a bit rich of the author to link to ti.org to prop up the claims - a site he runs (and which looks like it time-traveled here straight from 1997). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand