Is it O.K. for a LIBERAL to be in favor of better highways and suburbia?

Started by cpzilliacus, February 16, 2015, 12:42:15 PM

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Road Hog

Quote from: bandit957 on February 17, 2015, 12:41:57 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 17, 2015, 10:11:37 AM
I thought Ike was a great President - the Interstate Highway System is an amazing legacy of his.

We should do a list of the positive roadly accomplishments of each President. Though I admit that some recent Presidents have none.

Here's some accomplishments by Democrats and Republicans alike...

Truman - Started his political career by bringing better roads to Jackson County, Mo.

Eisenhower - Signed the Interstates into law.

Carter - As governor, canceled an unpopular and needless freeway project in Atlanta.

Obama - Gave other modes of transport equal footing with highways (for the first time in 50 years).

I know the project you're talking about, but another project Carter and his infamous lieutenant Bert Lance played a role in fixing wasn't in Atlanta proper but was I-75 over Allatoona Lake near, ironically, Cartersville. That gap in the highway was still there in 1977 when I was a kid.

cpzilliacus

Quote from: Road Hog on April 24, 2015, 05:57:05 PM
I know the project you're talking about, but another project Carter and his infamous lieutenant Bert Lance played a role in fixing wasn't in Atlanta proper but was I-75 over Allatoona Lake near, ironically, Cartersville. That gap in the highway was still there in 1977 when I was a kid.

There was a gap in a freeway years ago in Georgia that drew national media attention (I think it was featured in a "60 Minutes" segment) - may have been this one.
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