Comments on: House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/06/18/house-transpo-leaders-united-%e2%80%94-in-frustration-with-the-white-house/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charles Siegel http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/06/18/house-transpo-leaders-united-%e2%80%94-in-frustration-with-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-6501 Charles Siegel Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:47 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=2455#comment-6501 "When a reporter described as "not much," the new bill's minor shift in the long-standing 80-20 funding distribution between highways and transit, a Democratic committee source conceded the point." I am dubious about pushing the bill through quickly. It seems the highway-transit split is not as good as it could be. Most supporters of moving quickly seem to view this as a jobs/economic stimulus bill, and they would be as satisfied with more highway spending as with more transit spending, so the bill is unlikely to be improved if we move quickly. “When a reporter described as “not much,” the new bill’s minor shift in the long-standing 80-20 funding distribution between highways and transit, a Democratic committee source conceded the point.”

I am dubious about pushing the bill through quickly. It seems the highway-transit split is not as good as it could be. Most supporters of moving quickly seem to view this as a jobs/economic stimulus bill, and they would be as satisfied with more highway spending as with more transit spending, so the bill is unlikely to be improved if we move quickly.

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