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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

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4. Trains use oil, too; lots of it. I don't think it's that.

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:19 PM

Feb 2020

I think it's that the GOP hates anything that's "public" in any way.

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Trump budget proposal slashes Amtrak funding while boosting highway spending [View all] Eugene Feb 2020 OP

GOP hates public transportation and I really don't understand why. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #1

Taking care of the oil companies. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #2

Trains use oil, too; lots of it. I don't think it's that. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #4

Public transit tend to use fuel more efficiently. Eugene Feb 2020 #8

Kick lunasun Feb 2020 #5

Read Blood for Oil. Freedomofspeech Feb 2020 #7

Infrastructure, yeah right Vogon_Glory Feb 2020 #9