• donuts@kbin.social
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    he hasn’t done anything to reduce car centric design

    In all fairness, this doesn’t really fall under the purview of the Secretary of Transportation.

    I think most urban design and planning happens at the local level, and the federal DoT is mostly responsible for allocating funds to state and local city governments.

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      And I think it’s not hard to argue that he did quite a bit towards reducing car-centric design as a mayor. Mayors have WAY more control over that stuff, in general. The DOTs are the DOTs. They’re going to be conservative and they’re going to waste money. They also don’t really follow federal marching orders.

      Biden/Buttigieg have pushed for more Amtrak investment than has happened in a long time, though, along with proposals for further expansion for local rail and BRT service. Just a typical case study in a progressive failing the leftist purity test.

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      That’s fair. I’m willing to concede that he doesn’t have a major part to play in reducing car-centric design, though I think he could create general guidance for cities to follow