Blog Heap o'Transport Links 8 March 2011

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OCPA - Oklahoma's Bridge to Nowhere
ocpathink.org Tue 2011 Mar 8, 9:22pm

The last two years have seen unprecedented attempts by Washington to socially engineer people away from the lifestyles that modern conditions make necessary. One such effort was to attract people away from cars to intercity rail services and transit instead. Never mind that there is no U.S. evidence that material diversion is possible (at any expense), and never mind that such programs would make travel more expensive and usually slower. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been a willing participant in these efforts [h/t Cuz BD]