• admiralteal@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    And I think it’s not hard to argue that he did quite a bit towards reducing car-centric design as a mayor. Mayors have WAY more control over that stuff, in general. The DOTs are the DOTs. They’re going to be conservative and they’re going to waste money. They also don’t really follow federal marching orders.

    Biden/Buttigieg have pushed for more Amtrak investment than has happened in a long time, though, along with proposals for further expansion for local rail and BRT service. Just a typical case study in a progressive failing the leftist purity test.