Posted on 11/08/2021 7:44:41 PM PST by markomalley
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday that his agency would use a portion of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill to address racial inequities in U.S. highway design.
Why it matters: Buttigieg's remarks at a press briefing come amid a broader discussion of racial and socioeconomic disparities in the U.S. and days after Congress passed the long-awaited infrastructure bill.
The program, called "Reconnecting Communities," will focus on the "legacy of highway construction built through communities" and remove or repurpose infrastructure barriers.
Buttigieg reiterated that whether a highway will be removed will be decided on a case-by-case basis, adding that "it's going to vary by community and we have to listen to the community."
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To a racist everything looks racist.
Not to mention modern dentistry.
The reference is to Robert Caro’s book on Robert Moses’ highway and park construction in New York. Caro’s view has been disputed. The low bridges kept trucks off the parkway, not just busses. It’s all pretty irrelevant to our current transportation troubles.
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It’s Racist, and anti-white that there’s less Macy’s in Appalachia and Coal Country.
Where did they mine in the Mountains?
And who cares about the value of the land around those mines?
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They sold out, moved to the end of an Airport Runway.
Then they complained about the noise and filed a lawsuit.
Tell Me that I’m wrong.
And firearms. No more guns for homey.
Or any under pass which will not allow a jumbo jet carrying minority children to fly under it so that the children can get to a beach will be removed!
Lastly under pass which will not allow a space shuttle carrying minority children to fly under it so that the children can get to a beach will be removed!
I think we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
I honestly thought this was a Bee article.
Yes, exactly this. Land acquisition cost is a big factor. Though I do think politically, minority communities often struggle to have their interests represented properly, and just can’t fight the machine.
I have no problem creating mechanisms that address this. Imminent domain is something we conservatives are aware has been used to trample on the rights of all Americans. It’s especially egregious for people with fewer resources at their disposal.
Maybe he’ll be OK if he takes Exit 69 from I-75 into Big Beaver, Michigan.
Was there anything about pillars of salt in that bloated infrastructure bill? Or is that an added bonus?
I wonder how long it’s going to be before they declare AIR racist!
You’d think he would have waited for his hormones to settle down before he came back from maternity leave.
The bridges were built in the 20s. In the 20s NYC was mostly white.
Since Pete is a color-of-their-skin guy, perhaps he can remove all crosstown MLK Boulevards nationwide
These people are insane in the membrane.
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