This is an editorial follow up to the Dispatch editorial titled “Transportation Remix” that was discussed here.
U.S. transportation system in need of an overhaul
Saturday, December 8, 2007I commend The Dispatch for recognizing that Ohio and the nation need a “Transportation remix” (editorial, Nov. 24). Advocating for more and better transportation options is a position that we at 1,000 Friends of Central Ohio, along with a number of statewide and national organizations, loudly support.
Significantly, the editorial recognizes how state and federal funding have been skewed heavily toward highways and air-travel systems to the neglect of other modes. User fees that you and I pay every day, such as state and federal fuel taxes and air-flight ticket taxes, support a large part of those capital costs. But few or none of those dollars go toward rail and transit.
