http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/10/31/a-few-answers-on-the-public-works-bill/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/10/31/a-few-answers-on-the-public-works-bill/#comment-11 as Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:29:48 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-11 It seems to me that this news (to me, at any rate) that our "public" transportation is dependent on the private market is part of the American assumption that private enterprise always works better than government- even for essential services such as transportation, health care, etc. Given the fact that we are already suffering from aging infrastructure, have resisted developing our cities and towns in a transportation friendly manner, and are behind in financing and building transportation systems designed to take advantage of the latest technology- will the AIG problems only put us further behind where we need to be as a country or will it encourage new approaches? It seems to me that this news (to me, at any rate) that our “public” transportation is dependent on the private market is part of the American assumption that private enterprise always works better than government- even for essential services such as transportation, health care, etc. Given the fact that we are already suffering from aging infrastructure, have resisted developing our cities and towns in a transportation friendly manner, and are behind in financing and building transportation systems designed to take advantage of the latest technology- will the AIG problems only put us further behind where we need to be as a country or will it encourage new approaches?

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