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Georgia Plans 23-Lane Freeway…. That’s right: 23 lanes of traffic

By ignoring rail, federal and state plans for building America’s transportation infrastructure through private investments will only serve to promote massive freeway projects, writes Neil Peirce.

The latest congestion-relief initiative released by the U.S. Department of Transportation, one of the last acts of the outgoing Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, doesn’t do much to relieve congestion, says Neil Peirce.

"[A]mazingly, Mineta omitted both freight-railroad improvements and potential passenger-rail improvement in the expansive congestion-relief initiative for America he unveiled last month."

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