Comments on: Today’s Headlines — 12/18/08 http://t4america.org/blog/2008/12/18/todays-headlines-121808/ Tue, 22 May 2012 05:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Somers http://t4america.org/blog/2008/12/18/todays-headlines-121808/#comment-698 Dave Somers Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:04:10 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=578#comment-698 The Ray LaHood pick is disappointing. We need a strong figure at this job who can communicate the desperate need to do the following: - stop investing billions/trillions into an infrastructure that will be obsolete with 20$ gallon gas prices...this is the road map to perpetual debt / economic extinction. - invest in a inter/intra regional rail connecting major urban areas and neigborhoods - change the transportation funding formula that currently rewards regions with $$ that show growth in VMT rather than performance. This is not a throw away / compromise position if Obama is really serious about reinvesting in a sustainable infrastructure program that will add real return on investment. - The Ray LaHood pick is disappointing. We need a strong figure at this job who can communicate the desperate need to do the following:

- stop investing billions/trillions into an infrastructure that will be obsolete with 20$ gallon gas prices…this is the road map to perpetual debt / economic extinction.

- invest in a inter/intra regional rail connecting major urban areas and neigborhoods

- change the transportation funding formula that currently rewards regions with $$ that show growth in VMT rather than performance.

This is not a throw away / compromise position if Obama is really serious about reinvesting in a sustainable infrastructure program that will add real return on investment.

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