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When Climate Funds Pay for Highway Expansion (www.bloomberg.com)
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[-] noredcandy@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago

The New York State Department of Transportation wrote in 2021 that adding a lane to New York State Route 17 “would improve the flow of traffic and reduce delays, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions as a result of traffic congestion.”

If only there was some other, better way better way to reduce traffic.

[-] toaster@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago

Their claim is patently false at this point.

A great video to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZwOAIect4

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 3 months ago

This the same argument they're using here in Stockholm for the $5B+ bypass. It's idiotic.

[-] Naich 29 points 3 months ago

Just one more lane, bro.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Every model. Every data collection. Every city's experience. Every time we've tried it, adding more lanes just makes a bigger traffic jam and puts more carbon in the air for no return.

Given the long term damage cars are doing to our climate, this should be classified as criminal by the administration involved.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

It also makes rich people more rich. Very important

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 8 points 3 months ago

What a corrupted federals. And of course no accountability.

[-] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Vote blue no matter who!

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