http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/13/obama-talks-urban-policy-as-lahood-seeks-more-urban-transpo-money/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/13/obama-talks-urban-policy-as-lahood-seeks-more-urban-transpo-money/comment-page-1/#comment-81511 sdots Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:12:24 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=9911#comment-81511 Governors use state DOTs to gin up political support away from the big cities. Ray LaHood knows all about this, being from downstate Peoria. Expecting SDOTS to fairly distribute federal aid is laughable. They are hardwired to do the opposite. Federal transportation money has to go directly to cities and metro areas or it's going to keep on being used to widen interchanges in cornfields. Governors use state DOTs to gin up political support away from the big cities. Ray LaHood knows all about this, being from downstate Peoria. Expecting SDOTS to fairly distribute federal aid is laughable. They are hardwired to do the opposite. Federal transportation money has to go directly to cities and metro areas or it's going to keep on being used to widen interchanges in cornfields.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/13/obama-talks-urban-policy-as-lahood-seeks-more-urban-transpo-money/comment-page-1/#comment-81501 Mark Walker Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:02:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=9911#comment-81501 Obama wants everyone to like him. Show me the money. Obama wants everyone to like him. Show me the money.

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