Much of this feature by Johns Hopkins University is the usual ideological garbage!
I marked the nonsense with [???] and indicated reasonable suggestions in boldface.
What to expect from a mayor of the Dimocratic Party! He wants to pay for it with a supposedly temporary tax increase!
"Transportation Justice [???] in Music City
... Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is on a mission to “reverse the effects of environmental racism [???].” His engine of choice: transportation infrastructure.
The challenges:
Time spent in traffic congestion increased to 56 hours in 2023 from 41 hours in 2022 [???].
It has America’s toughest commute, per Forbes, with long drive times and a lack of walkability, bikeability, and public transportation.
Pollution from traffic snaking through the city’s urban core disproportionately impacts communities that have been historically marginalized because of the racist practice of redlining [???].
O’Connell wants to establish economic equity [???] and reduce pollution-related health threats by:
Replacing two-thirds of the city’s traffic lights with smart signals capable of adjusting traffic flows on demand while reducing commute times and stop-and-go fuel emissions.
Constructing bike lanes, 86 miles of new sidewalks, and 12 new transit centers with 24-hour bus service.
Planting 500,000 trees by 2050 and seeding native wildflowers citywide.
The catch: Much of O’Connell’s goals depend upon passage of a referendum next month that would impose a temporary sales tax surcharge [???] that would help the city access federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act."
Mayor of Nashville, TN Freddie O'Connell
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