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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,653 posts) Mon Mar 22, 2021, 05:52 PM Mar 2021

Federal spending on transportation infrastructure, by type of infrastructure, 1956 to 2017

Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

Yes! Worth remembering that during the Carter Administration, the federal government came close to spending as much on transit & rail as it did on highways... and then highway spending exploded as transit funds declined. https://thetransportpolitic.com/databook/transportation-spending-in-the-u-s/

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