Raptorpat Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 21 hours ago, Raptorpat said: There was a politico magazine article back during the Scott Walker days about how Wisconsin was willing to spend like $3b on a mega interchange to save commuters 3 minutes in travel time, but was unwilling to invest $500k in a basic downtown light rail system where the residents don't own cars. I'ma have to find it because it's exactly what you're talking about. I found it, if anyone has time to kill and wants to get angry about Scott Walker. https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/07/transportation-infrastructure-scott-walker-highways-000153/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Raptorpat said: I found it, if anyone has time to kill and wants to get angry about Scott Walker. https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/07/transportation-infrastructure-scott-walker-highways-000153/ I couldn’t finish the article I had to stop where Walker said he killed transit projects because it forces people to pay for what they won’t be using. What about the city folks without cars though? Just fuck them, right? Their taxes aren’t paying for mega freeways that they won’t use because there aren’t even exits into their neighborhoods? IS2FG IHiH 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 27 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: What about the city folks without cars though? Just fuck them, right? "Public transportation just isn’t Walker’s thing; he once suggested his goal for transit was for every citizen to have a car." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 24 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: "Public transportation just isn’t Walker’s thing; he once suggested his goal for transit was for every citizen to have a car." I wonder how much in contributions he gets from big oil and the auto industry? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I think the answer is "yes" 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Distortedreasoning Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 fuck elon musk, this guy setting back humanity. his shitty cars aint the solution and will be a problem if we go that route. high speed rail is an expensive endeavor and it aint easy to build. but just look at any society that has them and you cant deny all the benefits it gives them. the california hsr project is fortunately still ongoing but we need the entire nation to get on tracks. we will need to also make our cities and towns more mass transit and people friendly. the whole spreading out our towns and making them less dense is the excuse for the car. cant even go anywhere without driving. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinBoss Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Edited August 22, 2022 by PenguinBoss 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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