Our Transportation Budget Is a Fraud We Perpetuate on Ourselves

The Senate has agreed to discuss an infrastructure bill…but what does it matter when real reform isn't going to come from multitrillion-dollar infrastructure proposals?

#InfrastructureCrisis, #NoNewRoads, Federal Government, Infrastructure, Marohn, Public Transit, Transportation, Top StoryCharles MarohnAugust 2, 2021Infrastructure, infrastructure, Infrastructure Week, infrastructure bill, federal government, #NoNewRoads

Would a $2 Trillion Infrastructure Spending Surge Promote Good Planning?

As a planner by training, I’m disappointed to see the American Planning Association parrot propaganda about the supposed need for a flood of new federal money for infrastructure. This approach is not conducive to good planning.

Herriges, Planning Profession, #InfrastructureCrisis, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesMay 16, 2019Infrastructure Week, APA

America's Infrastructure Priorities Need Repair

States have been neglecting basic road repairs in favor of costly road expansion. Yet the problem is still misleadingly framed by some as primarily about not having enough money.

#InfrastructureCrisis, #DotheMath, The Infrastructure Cult, Top StoryStephen Lee DavisMay 14, 2019Infrastructure Week, Smart Growth America, federal transportation bill, Transportation For America, highway spending

It's Infrastructure Week Again. Here's Your Rhetoric vs. Reality Primer.

The drumbeat from the lobbying organizations behind Infrastructure Week is, as usual, that we need to build more in America—and it scarcely seems to matter what we build, where, or why. This view is as shortsighted and dangerous as ever.

Herriges, #InfrastructureCrisis, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 13, 2019Infrastructure Week, infrastructure cult

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