Posted on Monday June 22nd by The Infrastructurist | 268
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- The Economist notes that a $500 billion transportation bill requires $500 billion. “There may be a new vision for transport, but it will never progress until someone is willing to pay for it.”
- Neo-Nazis won the right to clean up the side of a highway in Missouri. The state is planning to rename the road after a prominent Rabbi. Nazis call this “childish.” (NYT)
- Is Dubai failing? That’s a complicated question because Dubai is like an amalgam of major cities around the world, from Houston to Mumbai. (LA Times)
- The world isn’t going to make any progress on reining in carbon emissions until we go back and fix our existing coal fired power plants. Is this doable? Um… maybe? (Environmental Capital)
- Today is the 40th anniversary of the day Cleveland’s Cuyahoga river caught fire, creating joke fodder for a generation. Today the waterway is rather healthy and home to 60 species of fish. (NYT)
- Draft of the new transportation bill coming out today? Transportation for America hears rumors… (T4A on Twitter)
- Today marks the opening of the “Tree Museum” in NYC–the Bronx, in fact. One hundred trees along Grand Concourse will each tell you their story. (BLDGBLOG)
- In London, a bike path now features a terrifying 3-D painting of a plunging canyon in an attempt to make cyclists slow down. (BBC via BikePortland)
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
PAY for a public good? Isn’t that SOCIALIST?
Capitalism demands that the government provide everything for FREE!