Comments on: The U.S. Wants to “Borrow” From Transit to Pay for Highways http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/29/the-us-wants-to-borrow-from-transit-to-pay-for-highways/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/29/the-us-wants-to-borrow-from-transit-to-pay-for-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 ubrayj02 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:34:04 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/29/the-us-wants-to-borrow-from-transit-to-pay-for-highways/#comment-1743 Wha?! Need for new revenue ... for more highways? As demand drops off for private automobile travel, we are going to look for ways to subsidize this mode even more? I thought cars were all about "the market" and "freedom" - this highway funding scheme sounds an awful lot like welfare for those who can still afford to drive. Wha?! Need for new revenue … for more highways?

As demand drops off for private automobile travel, we are going to look for ways to subsidize this mode even more? I thought cars were all about “the market” and “freedom” – this highway funding scheme sounds an awful lot like welfare for those who can still afford to drive.

]]> By: Dana Gabbard http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/29/the-us-wants-to-borrow-from-transit-to-pay-for-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Dana Gabbard Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:08:46 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/29/the-us-wants-to-borrow-from-transit-to-pay-for-highways/#comment-1741 2 and a half years ago the L.A. City Council Chief Legislative Analyst's office in a report outlined this looming crisis (click the link to read the report, posted on the SO.CA.TA website). Repeated reports and testimony at Committee hearings by the Congressional Budget Office did likewise. The Congress and federal bureaucrats did nothing. And sadly still seem in denial about the need for new revenue. http://www.socata.net/gm/archives/00000017.shtml 2 and a half years ago the L.A. City Council Chief Legislative Analyst’s office in a report outlined this looming crisis (click the link to read the report, posted on the SO.CA.TA website). Repeated reports and testimony at Committee hearings by the Congressional Budget Office did likewise. The Congress and federal bureaucrats did nothing. And sadly still seem in denial about the need for new revenue.

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