Progressive Republicanism - Stranded: inequality & failing public transportation

“Stranded: How America's Failing Public Transportation Increases Inequality”
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Transportation is about more than just moving people from point A to point B. It’s also a system that can either limit or expand the opportunities available to people based on where they live. In many cities, the areas with the shoddiest access to public transit are the most impoverished—and the lack of investment leaves many Americans without easy access to jobs, goods, and services. To be certain, the aging and inadequate transportation infrastructure is an issue for Americans up and down the economic ladder. Throughout the country highways are crumbling, bridges are in need of repair, and railways remain inadequate. Improvement to public transportation—buses, trains, and safer routes for bicycles—is something that just about everyone who lives in a major metropolitan area has on their wish list. But there’s a difference between preference and necessity: “Public transportation is desired by many but is even more important for lower-income people who can't afford cars,” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard University and author of a new book “Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead.”…

Would seem to be another basic infrastructure requirement that should be as easily addressed as it is uncontroversial in nature as good for the public in general, as well as good for business.

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