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January 15, 2009
Stimulus Draft Released: $30B for Roads, $10B for Transit
Via the Huffington Post with analysis on Greater Greater Washington (part of the Streetsblog network).
Posted by Chris Smith at 10:14 AM
Comments
January 15, 2009 1:03 PM
al m Says:
PATHETIC!
Obama, your disappointing me!
January 15, 2009 1:21 PM
Anthony Says:
Seriously pathetic. Like transit makes up 25% of travel anywhere outside of New York City.
January 15, 2009 3:43 PM
jon Says:
so much for infrastructure spending as stimulus... this is roughly the same amount of money as is spent in a normal year.
January 15, 2009 3:52 PM
al m Says:
Here is an article out of Chicago about this:
http://progressillinois.com/2009/1/13/mass-transit-privatized
January 15, 2009 10:37 PM
Dave Says:
Like transit makes up 25% of travel anywhere outside of New York City.
Why is 20% bad for PDX?
January 16, 2009 10:37 AM
Matthew Says:
Anthony Says:
"Seriously pathetic. Like transit makes up 25% of travel anywhere outside of New York City."
Thank you for acknowledging that 10% of the money should be spent on bicycling, and 5% on walking. And have you seen the carpool facilities in this city? Other than I-5N, and a couple parking spaces around town, they obviously haven't spent 5% of the money on that either...
January 16, 2009 10:55 AM
Bob R. Says:
FYI, according to the Census Bureau's 2007 American Community Survey, the Commuting-to-Work mode share for Transit in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (which includes a lot more area than just NYC) was 30.1%.
January 16, 2009 11:02 AM
nuovorecord Says:
Seriously pathetic. Like transit makes up 25% of travel anywhere outside of New York City.
That is pathetic. So let's use the stimulus money to increase transit infrastructure and subsequently, transit utilization and get more cities up to New York-levels of ridership, starting with Portland.
January 20, 2009 5:56 PM
Adron Says:
$30 Billion sure doesn't seem like a lot.
But just wait till next year when all this money comes tumbling down. So be CAREFUL what you/we wish for. We might just get it.
