The U.S. Department of Transportation was formed just a decade after the Interstate Highway System would completely change how Americans travel and where they live, “and highway building has been the primary focus ever since,” notes David Goldberg of Transportation for America in a story on theatlanticcities.com.
But the transportation issues of the 21st century will be less about building highways and more about building transit and multi-modal options to bike and walk. Transportation policy going won’t just be about moving people as far and as fast as possible, but about leveraging transportation in service of economic opportunity and livable communities.
And who could help the agency modernize its mission better than a mayor, asks writer Emily Badger. And, she implies, which mayor would be better suited than LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa?
On theatlanticcities.com.
But the transportation issues of the 21st century will be less about building highways and more about building transit and multi-modal options to bike and walk. Transportation policy going won’t just be about moving people as far and as fast as possible, but about leveraging transportation in service of economic opportunity and livable communities.
And who could help the agency modernize its mission better than a mayor, asks writer Emily Badger. And, she implies, which mayor would be better suited than LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa?
On theatlanticcities.com.
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