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"If we want to understand transit networks, we have to understand networks of power." @shigashide's opening comment at @TransitCenter's Transit and the GND event. #GreenNewDeal

Right away @shigashide notes in San Diego car owners have access to 30x the # of jobs as those without. This compels car ownership which becomes a financial trap. We need to welcome people to access opportunity without this strain @GovNedLamont

.@BethOsborneTA Vehicle Miles Traveled has grown at 2.5x the rate of population growth over the last 30 years. If this trend continues, even with electrification this is a mountain to overcome.

@JooBilly pointing out the disaster of relying on vehicle electrification at a 1-1 replacement: mining rare Earth minerals, expanding electric grid, and further carbon intensive highway expansion spurring more sprawl, more travel, more energy use.

.@shigashide federal $$$ can mostly only be used to build new things, not to run service. This is part of why America just keeps building more roads although we need everything but that. & sidewalks are totally shut out of this funding. #Connecticut needs sidewalks @GovNedLamont

.@BethOsborneTA says Federal funds for transport are used by states with no conditions. VMT increasing? $$$ deaths increasing? $$$ actually manage a transport network and demand? You lose $$$. This is why @T4America has called for NO MORE TRANSPO FUNDING until policies r reformed

According to this logic, vehicle delay is the absolute worst issue. So if your main Street is sticky with people, business, and activity, fuck it - tear it down because CARS GO FAST is literally our #1 metric for effective transport.