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New IPhone App Fails Government Transportation Funding Support Criteria
He said he explained to the bureaucrat that his iPhone app would revolutionize transportation and provide phenomenal increases in productivity and improvements to quality of life. No emissions, no GHG, no accidents, but no jobs either. It wouldn't stimulate development around stations because there would be no need for stations.
No jobs, - the bureaucrats weren't interested – therefore no money.He couldn't understand the infatuation with jobs - everybody knows the most efficient and productivity enhancing transportation investments require less jobs, not more jobs. So why would evaluators be equating benefits with job creation?
I explained to my colleague that we are in a strange new world. The fundamental benefits of mobility have faded in significance as our metrics for evaluating transportation investments are more focused on responding to the political issue du jour. If he wanted any help in deploying a transportation solution he'd somehow need to create lots and lots of jobs.
He briefly pondered my advice and said he would be back with an alternative strategy. He had an idea that was snow shovel ready, would be very good for everyone's health and would create lots of jobs.
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