Comments on: House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/18/house-transpo-leaders-united-%e2%80%94-in-frustration-with-the-white-house/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Charles Siegel http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/18/house-transpo-leaders-united-%e2%80%94-in-frustration-with-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-70511 Charles Siegel Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:50:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6471#comment-70511 "When a reporter described as "not much," the new bill's minor shift in the long-standing 80-20 funding distribution between highways and transit, a Democratic committee source conceded the point." I am dubious about pushing the bill through quickly. It seems the highway-transit split is not as good as it could be. Most supporters of moving quickly seem to view this as a jobs/economic stimulus bill, and they would be as satisfied with more highway spending as with more transit spending, so the bill is unlikely to be improved if we move quickly. "When a reporter described as "not much," the new bill's minor shift in the long-standing 80-20 funding distribution between highways and transit, a Democratic committee source conceded the point."

I am dubious about pushing the bill through quickly. It seems the highway-transit split is not as good as it could be. Most supporters of moving quickly seem to view this as a jobs/economic stimulus bill, and they would be as satisfied with more highway spending as with more transit spending, so the bill is unlikely to be improved if we move quickly.

]]> By: Jim http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/18/house-transpo-leaders-united-%e2%80%94-in-frustration-with-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-70275 Jim Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:37:33 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6471#comment-70275 Say what you will about your position on transportation spending, but I think the attacks on Larry Summers are anti-elitism and anti-intellectualism of the worst kind. Honestly I see no reason why a man capable of becoming a full professor at an Ivy League school by age 28 should have to have had a callus on his hands at any point in his life. Say what you will about your position on transportation spending, but I think the attacks on Larry Summers are anti-elitism and anti-intellectualism of the worst kind.

Honestly I see no reason why a man capable of becoming a full professor at an Ivy League school by age 28 should have to have had a callus on his hands at any point in his life.

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