I'm all for maximum use of public transportation but there will always be people who need to get to places where buses and trains do not go. They're not going to run a bus or put a train stop in a location that might yield 5 riders a day. And what will all these lovely pedestrians do when it rains like hell?

Drivers pay taxes that goes to the infrastructure!

Problem is once you design cities around the scope of the automobile you cannot easily go back. My area (Tampa Bay) has no light rail, crappy buses, and millions or people live here. When we say something is close, we mean it takes less than 15-20 minutes to drive there. We can't suddenly create walking and biking cities. We are one of the deadliest areas for pedestrians in the country and redesigning what we have built over 75 years will cost billions. We can't even get people to vote for light rail.

I especially wonder why cities devote so much infrastructure - as much as 50 to 60% of streets - to *parked* cars!

Native New Yorker here. I hated, resented being tied to the bloody car, all of the years I spent in "exile". I retired, got rid of the car and the house and came back. Instead of driving an hour and looking for a place to park/pay to park, I get on the subway and read my book. Loving it.

Not where you live in rural communities!

I could see it working for consumers...but for instance if I have ten 40# boxes to ship out or bring a full set up to a farmers market....thats going to be very interesting.

I lived in Europe. A five minute walk to the train station could take me around the world without a car.

Mass transportation and shops nearby would help.

They must never have lived in Florida

Why? Because our citizenry cannot even wear fking masks to stop a pandemic from spreading... You think we are capable of using mass transit?! Sad, pathetic world we live in...

....because we love our cars.

The worst Abbey Road cover I’ve ever seen.

We love cars

America has to figure out that we will never build enough roads or build roads with enough lane to support the needs of our communities and nations. More mass transit needs to be built and they need to be built where they can easily be scaled up to accommodate increased needs. More inter-city passenger rail service that serve the needs of rural communities and connect towns and city that are connected by the interstate highway system. More and taller building in our smaller town and cities to bring people closer to the places they work. There are a lot of solutions to handle the expansion of America population if we only look beyond what our needs are right now.

Also, when one suggests better mass transit and passenger rail service, they are often derided as "communists" or "socialists" or "forcing people to give up their automobiles". How asinine is that?

Money needs to go to the 1% for further tax breaks. The roads can be patched for another 4 years, but now is the time to enrich the wealthy. Seize the day!

Yes, but cities are not ready to be brought back.

i won t care cause im moving to another state soon

The Senate is under pressure to kill transit and privatize roadways. This is the last opportunity for a massive giveaway to the rich.

Now let's see if we can use it responsibly, not just to line the pockets of the already rich.

Now, if it will just pass the a Senate.

Yes!

Then comes the Connell factor in the senate?????

Moscow Mitch will never bring it to the floor of the Senate.