Hi Senator ____, my name is ____ and I’m calling as a student and a commuter from New York City. I would not only like to ask, but to implore you to vote NO on Senators Boxer/Inhofe’s amendment that would direct $50 Billion towards the construction of highways, rather than for mass transit. I recognize the fact that it would be more highly visible that we are stimulating the economy by having large-scale road construction, however, the time of car travel has passed. Meanwhile, industrialized countries in Europe and in Asia already have world-class high-speed trains that connect major cities in roughly the same time it would take for a passenger traveling by air. Shanghai, mainland China’s business hub, is set to double their subway network capacity in a decade, becoming nearly as large as New York City’s. As a fellow Democrat who just voted for the first time on the party line, as a mass transit commuter who faces delays and an antiquated transit system, and as a member of the next generation who would like to see a better, cleaner, and more responsible Earth, I URGE you to reconsider your amendment and to place more money into mass transit projects not just in NYC, but throughout the nation, by voting NO to the Boxer/Inhofe amendment and instead voting for Senator Schumer‘s amendment which would boost transit funding to $15 billion while still leaving $40 billion for highways. Thank you for your time Senator and I hope you will make the right decision regarding America’s future. I can be reached at ___.

I am so glad all the proposals for more and better highways have made us better in zero ways. Yet we can’t even fund transit in fact we steal and rob from her to pay for our addiction in tar and gas. We beat down all who oppose road building. We live in a dictatorship created by your house and senate. Thank You I feel so rewarded living in a place where I am crap for helping solve every ones problems by not driving a motor.

Don’t be sad, create your own livable streets hedge fund!

That isn’t what, and who matters. St. Louis is a big auto manufacturing area. The Transportation Equipment manufacturing industry is down from 33,400 jobs in September 2003 to 23,300 in September 2008 — with more plant closings announced.

The same rules are being applied to the private sector as to public services — the organized producers matter, the consumers don’t. In each case, what counts as “stimulus” is bailouts for pensions and executive pay.