Subways, transit, NYC.
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Unserious, particularly amid a fuel crisis. We need:
- A design standards initiative to control first-order system costs (tunnels, grade seps, stations)
- Generous support for projects that comply (80/20)
- Steady and increased planning funding to develop proposals under these criteria
Finally grabbed one. These are back in stock, for now.
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What's so difficult for things like this are that the effects aren't imemdiately visible to anyone outside the field.
It's only really evident 10-15 years later, when you realize the country hasn't built any real transit in... how long? Oh no.
Nolan Hicks
American cities need to figure out how to get costs under control and build what they can with state and local funds only. The days of waiting for the federal government to come with a dump truck full of money are over. (This was clearly the plan, such as it was, for LA Olympics and 28 by 28.)
Including WA's own Rick Larsen, ranking Democrat on the committee, who is signing off on these huge cuts.
One of the reasons Sound Transit's decision to scale back ST3 rather than find new financial tools or cost savings measures: makes it harder to get public support to fund it without the feds.
Given the current price of fuel for private cars, failing to build more transit dooms more people to pay more just to live.
Incredible that they chose this block of W. 3rd St for the lead photo, which has THREE lanes of parking to one lane of car traffic.
The reason there are 3 is because one of those lanes is actually a pedestrian cut out that is 100% illegal to park in but NYPD has fully abdicated enforcement so....
A war on the American tax base.
Bing
Bong
Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City
YIMBYonese Liberation Army
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Robert Cruickshank
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Dashiell Bennett
If it gets its way, the US House would drastically reduce funding for transit & rail systems.
The House's proposed legislation—supported by GOP & Dems—would cut overall authorized transit funding by 15% compared to the current law, and reduce potential funding for projects like new lines by 45%.
If it gets its way, the US House would drastically reduce funding for transit & rail systems.
The House's proposed legislation—supported by GOP & Dems—would cut overall authorized transit funding by 15% compared to the current law, and reduce potential funding for projects like new lines by 45%.
If it gets its way, the US House would drastically reduce funding for transit & rail systems.
The House's proposed legislation—supported by GOP & Dems—would cut overall authorized transit funding by 15% compared to the current law, and reduce potential funding for projects like new lines by 45%.
