I noticed yesterday....a long piece discussed by Mayor-Pete (our transportation guru for the government).
So, there's a new federal agenda being pursued...slower speed limits and expanding bike lanes.
It's basically 5-billion dollars for projects that center on slowing traffic, building bike/bus lanes, building more overpasses, and improving lighting.
How fast will the money be spent/'gifted-out'? I would take a guess that every penny will be gone by the end of 2022.
For those small towns of 500 folks who never had street lights? Some mayor will figure out the paperwork....acquire $150,000 and put forty street lamps....which no one in the town really desired or come to appreciate.
The slower speed deal? I'll bet over 10-percent of the 5-billion is spent on studies alone. Some 300-page report will tell you what you could have guessed....that slower speeds lessen accident rates, but also create more tension/stress....adding another twenty minutes onto your daily journey to work.
The bulk of this going to urbanization and its issues? Yeah. It wouldn't surprise me if more than half of the money goes to twenty of the biggest cities in America.
