Jeff Stahler for November 16, 2021

Yes, we absolutely did. The time-cost to most drivers, even regular commuters, runs as high as about 20 or so minutes per trip. So an hour every three days. For about 50 to 100 days. Less than 33 hours. And the result will be smoother flowing traffic, fewer accidents, an easier commute. Lets say it saves you 5 minutes. In your 250 days of commuting, in the first year, you’ll save 12.5 hours. Three years later, you’ve broken even or better. And so has everyone else!

The signing is just the first phase of ‘construction.’ The easiest part, although it does not seem so from the current imbroglio. Now comes the jockeying for preferences for one state or congressional district, and for favored contractors. The public trough is overflowing and the hogs are lining up.

If we had been doing it all along it wouldn’t be so bad, but that’s just crazy talk.

For some people I know , their commute to or from work can be close to an hour !!

This happened in our large metropolitan area, after the 2008 Recession eased, and money started to flow again toward road construction projects: Road workers came back to work for a few weeks, tore up the roads, then went on strike for more money. The strike lasted six weeks, and they got their money.

I am told road workers have a different experience of working and expectation of pay rates, since in many areas the work is seasonal. But, still … that tactic made them look greedy. And this will likely happen again.

Now, why would any sane daily driver want the morning and evening mass of humanity to clear up? That would mean getting to work on time, and getting home on time. Where’s the fun in that?

We ain’t there yet, don’t be such a pill.

This is what happens when you ignore infrastructure for decades. Repairs have been long overdue. It’s kid of like saving money by not changing the oil in your engine. Pay me now or pay me a lot more later.

It wasn’t until bridges started falling down and trains started crashing that infrastructure became “sexy,”

America decided to sacrifice all on the altar of the automobile. Shall we rethink?

What a lazy cartoon.

“Together with the infrastructure bill, millions of lives will be changed for the better." Joe.

we will undoubtedly get more shoddy construction. . . but hey just an excuse for crooks to come back later and get more taxpayer money

Sure.. you all did. The problem was who gets the credit. Giving the democrats side a win is suicide for republicans. Spin and time is their only hope come next election.

If everybody were to work from home , no traffic jams . . . (Like I do since I’ve been retired for 15 years and occasionally mow the lawn and take out the trash) . . problem solved. You’re welcome.

Or you could have the bridge you’re crossing collapse and then you’d never have to worry about be late for work again

“Fix the potholes!” “What’s the hold up?”

Jeff, you seem to be suffering from the inability to see the positive, but must find the negative in things. Help us available.

Oh WAH…shut the hell up

I don’t know about other areas but in the north road construction starts in the spring and goes thru the fall. Our roads, etc. are affected by heat and freezing cold + ice. Yes, it’s inconvenient and yes, it’s worth it. Plus the infrastructure bill is filled with more than just roads.

Yep.

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James 2:24

The Never Satisfied American: it is not that the glass is half empty or half full. It’s that the glass is not crystal.

This bill was urgently needed and needed to be signed.

It will be wonderful if that is really the result. More often the money just goes into special interest pockets that don’t upset the traffic at all.

Better to be inconvenienced by construction, than drive across a bridge as it collapses.

Beats having your car torn apart from potholes or a 23 mile detour because the local bridge is too unsafe to cross.

There’s always carpooling and public transportation which would cut down on traffic

Imagine if we, the US, invested in a public transit system that remained up to date with technological advances like most other industrialized countries. Automotive, tires, fuel, parts; crumbling railroads, bridges, and roads; supply shortages as we import instead of producing materials domestically; when it comes to infrastructure bills, it’s all about which industries profit the most.

Yes. Sure, it’s inconvenient to have to deal with the mess while something is fixed today — but the problem won’t get better by ignoring it, and if you continue ignoring it, all it means is that it’ll hurt even worse when you finally are forced to accept reality and fix the damn thing.

The Big Secret to successfully widening a Highway:

Build the new Lanes First, then begin repaving the older lanes.

I’m glad something was signed, though I’m not entirely happy with the details… most of which are not specified in the bill itself.

FWIW, I take public transportation whenever I can.