Governor Terrible (Brownback) to balance budget via cutting highway funding

[Simfan34]

Excellent news!

Ibn Rushd, take my daily commute to work and then tell me how "overbuilt" you think American highways are. The Texas DoT is finally building an interchange that should have been done years ago that will reduce my commute time by a good 10-15%.

For rural areas, highways are their only lifeline to the outside world.

Ever heard of "induced demand"? Take the train.

[Simfan34]

You really are an idiot, aren't you? There is a whole world outside the Bos-Wash corridor, Simfan. There are none of these "trains" of which you speak in Houston or any other city in these part of the country.

I'm well aware there is actually no train. But perhaps the question you should ask is why there is no train.

Besides, it's freaking Kansas. Large swathes of this money is going to finance infrastructure where population density is extremely low.  It hardly makes sense for people from such places to "take the train".

Then why do they need all these new highways?

[Simfan34]

Actually, you're mostly right. But the solution isn't to build more highways. That only compounds the problem.

[Simfan34]

I would support more tolls. I thought free-market types preferred them, in fact.