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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Jan 4 08:47:24 2009, in response to Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late?, posted by Mitch45 on Sun Jan 4 04:02:54 2009. ) Robert Moses grabbing all available money for his highways and public works projects.A total fallacy. That was a trend all over the country to be spending on highways and bridges instead of transit. RSobert Moses brought THAT money to NY, which if he didn't it's not like it would have come for transit instead. No, instead, that FEDERAL money would have went to some other city for their road and bridges projects. NY was no different than cities around the country at the time. The interstate highway system, and the roads and bridges were a necessity, and NY would have fallen behind if they didn't build just like most other cities at the time. The problem was not that Robert Moses was here briging FEDERAL money to New York for Bridges and roads, etc. The problem was there wasn't a similar man campagining for money for transit. But there was no such man in almost any of the cities around the country at the time. new York is not unique in that. |
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