This cartoon, by Tom Toles of the Washington Post via Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space,
refers to DC subway funding, now under attack from conservative "think
tanks." But it could just as easily apply to transportation and public
works projects across the country, which continue to be largely overlooked despite their prior role as job generators in otherwise hard times.
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Chief Scott and Metro leadership emphasized that keeping Metro transit safe would require a multi-faceted approach that included the deployment of officers as well as collaboration with the community, ambassadors, and service providers. "Sometimes enforcement is the answer," Scott said. "Sometimes it's not."
Edwin Aviles and Kalayaan Mendoza urge Metro not to reward bad actors working to undermine workers’ rights and mass transit
