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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

CrispyQ

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2. Make American corporations, who use these roads,

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:36 AM

Sep 2012

invest some of that trillion dollar cash pile they're sitting on, into the American infrastructure. Imagine what would happen if suddenly, people across the nation, were working good paying construction jobs, rebuilding our infrastructure. Hmmmm, that sounds so familiar. Did something like this happen before or was it just a dream I had?

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Which Urban Freeways Are Ready to Go? [View all] marmar Sep 2012 OP

Elsewhere in the world... Seoul, Korea, and their river restoration project: NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #1

The first time I visited SF, the Embarcadero Freeway was already gone..... marmar Sep 2012 #3

Oakland's Cypress Freeway also came down in '89 KamaAina Sep 2012 #5

Make American corporations, who use these roads, CrispyQ Sep 2012 #2

The I-10 Claiborne overpass was built right over a thriving African American commercial street KamaAina Sep 2012 #4