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Pretty serious trampling of the 10th Amendment, methinks.
They own the federal interstates, but not every other roadway in the US. Silly and ignorant proposed abuse of federal power.
Exactly! Where is it the federal government's job to dictate national policies regarding punishing or rewarding people who choose to be pedestrians, bicycle riders or car drivers?
Once again, these big government tyrants view the entire country as if we all live in large cities with bus, subway and everything is within walking distance.
I ride road bike and generally oppose bike lanes at least where I live...we don't like to use them, don't want to ride our bikes in dense traffic, and we detest speed cameras and often ignore the fines places Sioux City Iowa has tried to send us for their cameras they installed along I-29 during their never ending road construction project. Lower speed limits, less traffic lanes, dedicated bike lanes when we could just make sidewalks a foot wider.... Just bad policy all around but great if you are a statist nanny.
I like paved off road bike trails and rails to trails projects, not wasting road space on something rarely ever used....like streetcars and bike lanes. Nonetheless they put some in our town...and I never see them used.
It’s like we have a bunch on of middle school kids running the show. My daughter got elected student council president in the 7th grade making proposals like this.
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Reading the actual AP article linked in the Breibart story it says:
Breibart: "
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg vowed Thursday to stem rising traffic fatalities by imposing a host of fresh restrictions on everyday drivers while boosting those who choose to walk or use bicycles."
AP Article:
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pledging to tackle rising traffic fatalities through a national strategy aimed at reducing speed, redesigning roads and enhancing car safety features such as automatic emergency braking.
Breitbart:
Buttigieg sees addressing those dangers as a top priority, and getting people out of their cars and into public transport or alternatively on their bikes is one way to start.
AP Article:
Buttigieg said his department is embracing a new “safe system” approach urged by auto safety advocates to bolster initiatives, underway in several cities, that seek to eliminate fatalities by taking into account more than just driver behavior.
See the difference when you go to the valid source...
How does adding some bike lanes address traffic fatalities, when most accidents are caused by texting and driving, and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs?
Do you suppose Mayor Pete is even aware that speed limits were lowered to 55mph nationwide in the 1970s, and that the American people rejected them and finally got Congress to get rid of the new limits?
The National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL) was a provision of the federal government of the United States 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act that effectively prohibited speed limits higher than 55 miles per hour (89 km/h). It was drafted in response to oil price spikes and supply disruptions during the 1973 oil crisis and remained the law until 1995.
While federal officials hoped gasoline consumption would fall by 2.2%, the actual savings were estimated at between 0.5% and 1%.
The law was widely disregarded by motorists nationwide, and some states opposed the law,[1][2] but many jurisdictions discovered it to be a major source of revenue.
From the article: "Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg vowed Thursday to stem rising traffic fatalities by imposing a host of fresh restrictions on everyday drivers while boosting those who choose to walk or use bicycles.
To that end he seeks more dedicated bus and bike lanes to get people out of their cars, retimed signals to favor pedestrians, enhanced speed cameras, greater traffic law enforcement and lower speed limits as part of the plan.
Buttigieg told the Associated Press new federal data being released next week will show another increase in traffic fatalities through the third quarter of 2021.
He believes the third-quarter numbers were expected to point to another sizable increase in deaths compared with the same period in 2020, adding to a half-year traffic death total of 20,160 that already was the highest half-year figure since 2006.
“It doesn’t look good, and I continue to be extremely concerned about the trend,” Buttigieg said in a phone interview with AP ahead of the strategy’s release on Thursday.
It urges pilot programs to study and promote greater use of speed cameras, which the department says could provide more equitable enforcement than police traffic stops."
So, reducing freedom of the average American in the name of safety..... Where have we heard that before?
How many of these traffic fatalities are cause by people under the influence of alcohol and drugs, or were texting and driving? We should be addressing those things, none of which would be solved by adding bicycle lanes everywhere. And get ready for these new and improved speeding cameras, where I'm sure if you're a mile over the limit, you'll get a nice fine in the mail..... 1984 style.
My little town must be reading his thoughts. It is making the town bike friendly, eliminating car lanes, adding bike lanes, etc. You see about one bike riding in the bike lanes per month. We have two bikes shops in town and I suspect the owners are on the committees.
why would the Federal Government, that is - all the citizens of the US and particularly income tax payers be paying for a boardwalk in a town/city not named Washington DC?
This particular pot of money was from the federal gas tax.
Intermodal transportation projects. The CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) program funneled money to the states with a very wide parameter for disbursement.
A couple triggers at the state level were economic development and infrastructure for non-auto transportation.
Breaking news: A large bridge just collapsed there. Talk about timing. Maybe this will be a wakeup call about our REAL issues. Roads and bridges across the country are third world. https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022...-at-the-scene/
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