Thursday, April 10, 2008

Little-noticed plan to gut transit

The carbon-auto industry in the U.S. - currently in control of the corporate media, the congress, and the white house, has been quietly implementing plans to subvert transportation progress. From the Washington Post:

Even if the next president reverses its policies, the Bush administration will leave a legacy of new toll roads across the country, a growing number of public roads leased to private companies, and dozens of stalled commuter rail, streetcar and subway projects....

read more: Highwaymen take over the Transporation Department from Grist