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23 Mar, 6 tweets, 3 min read
State budgeting is some messy Swiss Cheese. #waleg
It’s a tragedy that the state is moving forward with vanity projects like US-395, I-405, SR-167, and SR-509. #waleg
Washington is so far off the mark, legislators have much work to do to even mirror Virginia’s contributions to public transportation, which are many times greater for a similar population. #waleg Virginia’s appropriations t...Virginia’s appropriations t...Virginia’s appropriations t...
Washington’s neighbor to the south is using similar strategies to justify vanity highway projects, too.
It’s long past time we said goodbye to the highway building era: theurbanist.org/2021/03/18/no-… #waleg
Some very real perverse incentives here. We want gas consumption to go down to reduce emissions. We want more transportation revenue for sustainable modes. Higher gas taxes drive down gas consumption, but hit lower income folks harder.

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