In the the US, transportation still means one thing: automobile.
Here is a
graphic from NY Times that shows where DOT stimulus money is going. 70% of the money going to pavement? I suppose it has something to do with "shovel-ready" projects getting priority, and any repaving is considered shovel-ready.... But this means we lose the golden opportunity to re-think our transportation option, to move away from car-based nation that's dependent on oil to other forms of transportation that would be truly beneficial to our economy, health, and environment over the long run. I admit that we cannot ignore the crumbling roads and bridges because we have to deal with the present need. I once hit a large pot hole on the highway and the alignment got screwed up which cost me about $200 to get it fixed. Nevertheless, to commit a large majority of our precious resource into something that we know is a bottomless pit... aren't we just digging ourselves into a deeper pothole?
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