In some cases it’s the state that makes the mistake. Not the city. There are lots of people in Austin and Houston who do not want the interstate widened. But TxDOT and the feds are going to push through those projects anyway.
In Austin, the local government is trying to install voter-approved light rail, but the state attorney general is suing to try to stop it.
Conservative Texans, committing to make the dumb infrastructure mistakes naive Californians made in the 60’s and 70’s, all in order to own the libs.
CA says this approach is wrong based on their expertise, we’ll show them!
From what I’ve read in the past, state law actually prohibits TxDOT from spending money on anything but roads and car-based infrastructure. I don’t know if it’s true, but apparently there’s quite a few that would love to approve more rail projects but their hands are tied by state law.
“It’s a bypass. You’ve got to build bypasses.”
Well I mean when your corporate paymasters demand action…
“When cities are designed with mostly drivers in mind, they tend to be built for commuters and not residents, making them less attractive to live in or even visit outside of work.”
Cities need to be designed for the people and families that live there. Not people driving in from the suburbs.
Also, I wonder if NewYork will ever consider doing what Amsterdam did (in the 1970~1980) to combat its traffic issues (caused by car), and only allow pedestrian/cycaling traffic.
WFH and you no longer have to drive in for work?
This shit is infuriating. “No one drives in New York because there’s too much traffic” has been joked about for how long? Absolutely baffling how people can be so stubborn in holding onto their outdated and incorrect ideas about traffic and public transit.
