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Media Review: "Clogged Arteries" from The Atlantic
Increasingly I find fascinating articles and features in the Atlantic Monthly. I have written about one or two of them elsewhere in Qassia, based on the March 2008 issue of the magazine. This one, in the same issue, almost escaped my attention. The article is called "Clogged Arteries" and is by Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes (pp 38-39). It is especially timely in that our economy is faltering. The problems indicated by Katz and Puentes are ones with solutions that could do the entire country a lot of benefit. These solutions would not just improve infrastructure, thus avoiding the losses that our nation's deteriorating infrastructure is now causing, but would also provide many,many badly-needed jobs. This would give a great boost to our economy. Here is the essence of the problem, as stated by Katz and Puentes: "The nation's 100 largest metropolitain regions generate 75 percent of its economic output. They also handle 75 percent of its foreign sea cargo, 79 percent of its air cargo, and 92 percent of its air passenger traffic. Yet of the 6,373 earmarked projects that dominate the current federal transportation law, only half are targeted at these metro areas." With a map of the United States that shows major metropolitain areas, the authors delineate some of the losses our crumbling infrastructure causes. In Los Angeles alone, for instance, $9.3 billion is lost. In New York, the figure is listed as $7.4 billion. The map shows 14 important cities. The loss total from these alone is calculated to be more than $41 billion. Maybe Congressmen and Congresswomen will see these figures and decide to do something about it. But don't count on it. From past performance, we can guess that their eyes are probably on other things -- their favorite earmarks. Katz and Fuentes feel that with these kinds of losses, spreading money around to improve things all over the map is less than justified and that we should concentrate the cash on those areas that will generate the greatest returns. Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. |
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