Retro-infrastructure and investment

Change is generational.

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Retro-infrastructure and investment

People who grew up in the post-WWII era, when cars were idealized, are largely in charge now. They reflexively incorporate driving into programs. I would not call them pro-car in an antagonistic sense, I would just say that the status quo runs so deep, it’s hard to consider otherwise. Decades of advertising does this.

Here is a thought exercise.  The “big dig” in #Boston (tunnels for I-93 downtown and to the airport) cost about 15 billion dollars.  Divide that by the number of children (under 18) in Boston at the time (112K) nets $134K each. Given all we have learned in 2020 about public health, education and mobility, would we do the #BigDig again or invest the money otherwise?

Yep. Absolutely no room at all to add a sidewalk and cycle path in #SaratogaSprings NY. Cars rule, everyone else drools!