A New York Times analysis of 5,274 projects found that metropolitan areas were getting less than half of the federal transportation stimulus money. Full Story »
Posted by Joey Baker - via Publish2 (Politics), New York Times (Most Emailed), Memeorandum
This is one of the poorest stories I have seen in the New York Times. To make stimulus work, work on highways must begin quickly. That is difficult to impossible to do in cities.
Must cites allow more cars and trucks or should they be limiting the number that come into the city and looking at ways to get people and items into the city other ways.
Transportation in urban areas should be directed to mass transportion first. Rural areas where mass transit is not available should be the first priority for federal dollars.
“The transparency that comes with Recovery Act funds is letting us see what’s happening in real time, and that’s a good thing,” said Roy Kienitz, an under secretary ... More »
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