• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’d settle for rebalancing money from other forms of transportation.

    There are plenty of highways thoroughly congested where adding more lanes is no longer scalable, not a good investment. Those are clear scenarios where money should be rebalanced toward the more scalable option

    Or look at the huge infrastructure backlog in the US, the number of decades it took to invest in it, and the fate of the infrastructure bill from just three years ago. While there are political concerns, it’s easy to argue that we’ve overextended ourselves to more infrastructure than we can afford to maintain. Rail may be expensive to establish but it’s much more maintainable over time. It’s a better investment for the future.