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Buttigieg says infrastructure bill will address racist highway design [barf alert]
Axios/Yahoo ^ | 11/9/2021 | Yacob Reyes

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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To: markomalley

To a racist everything looks racist.


21 posted on 11/08/2021 8:13:39 PM PST by Boomer (Leftism is a mental illness wrapped in a perverse ideology resulting in insanity. FJB)
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To: coloradan

Not to mention modern dentistry.


22 posted on 11/08/2021 8:14:37 PM PST by Noumenon (Black flag American. KTF)
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To: markomalley

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.


23 posted on 11/08/2021 8:16:26 PM PST by x
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To: DannyTN

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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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24 posted on 11/08/2021 8:22:52 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Vehmgericht

Remember the Hershey Highway


25 posted on 11/08/2021 8:24:14 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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To: DannyTN; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; carriage_hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; All

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.


26 posted on 11/08/2021 8:24:37 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: coloradan

And firearms. No more guns for homey.


27 posted on 11/08/2021 8:25:13 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Gasshog
Any under pass which will not allow a cruise liner carrying minority children under it so that the children can get to a beach will be removed!

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!

28 posted on 11/08/2021 8:25:52 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: markomalley

I think we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.


29 posted on 11/08/2021 8:30:23 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: markomalley

I honestly thought this was a Bee article.


30 posted on 11/08/2021 8:32:11 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2 )
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To: DannyTN

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.


31 posted on 11/08/2021 8:34:50 PM PST by Feynman
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To: central_va

Maybe he’ll be OK if he takes Exit 69 from I-75 into Big Beaver, Michigan.


33 posted on 11/08/2021 8:45:25 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: markomalley

Was there anything about pillars of salt in that bloated infrastructure bill? Or is that an added bonus?


34 posted on 11/08/2021 8:51:37 PM PST by patriot torch
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To: elpadre

I wonder how long it’s going to be before they declare AIR racist!


35 posted on 11/08/2021 8:53:35 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: markomalley

You’d think he would have waited for his hormones to settle down before he came back from maternity leave.


36 posted on 11/08/2021 9:01:46 PM PST by Bernard (If a school can offer varsity sports, it should also offer varsity (honors) academics.)
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To: DannyTN
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Stay off the Woke Crack Pipe, or your kids, grandkids, dog, lawn, and trees are racist.


37 posted on 11/08/2021 9:12:23 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: markomalley

The bridges were built in the 20s. In the 20s NYC was mostly white.


38 posted on 11/08/2021 9:13:32 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: markomalley

Since Pete is a color-of-their-skin guy, perhaps he can remove all crosstown MLK Boulevards nationwide


39 posted on 11/08/2021 9:16:12 PM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91. )
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To: markomalley

These people are insane in the membrane.


40 posted on 11/08/2021 9:18:24 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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