So where’s that, because most states are above 1.4 IIRC.
Y0___0Y on
You’ve got to think that poor neighborhoods in blue cities have very high birthrates. Are cities going to get more transportation funds? Or does it only count if they’re white?
ThePevster on
>shall prioritize projects and goals… to the extent practicable, relevant, appropriate, and consistent with law, mitigate the unique impacts of DOT programs, policies, and activities on families and family-specific difficulties, such as the accessibility of transportation to families with young children, and give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average
Exact wording from the memo
States that have both marriage and birth rates higher than the national average: AK, AR, HI, ID, AL, TN, UT, FL, SC, NC, and WY.
SouthernSerf on
The Rio Grande Valley is going to get so much money.
petarpep on
This actually makes some sense from a planning perspective, areas with high birthrates are literally adding more people to the population and thus would need more money to plan for that.
But also kinda dumb in that the better way to do this is just scale transportation funding off % population changes. Also could have a side effect of rewarding YIMBY policies that attract more people into an area and punish policies that push people away.
Other issue is that places where people are having babies isn’t necessarily the place the babies will be living throughout their life obviously and the marriage focus is just silly. People aren’t going to get married more because the fed might give their region a small bit more money money for transportation.
CincyAnarchy on
Has Birthrate Discourse officially gone mainstream with this Trump Administration?
Please god no. I’m not looking forward to have to debate both my Left-Wing and Conservative Peers on their pet issues they think are the causes.
BiasedEstimators on
How are people so obsessed with birth rates and AI replacing labor at the same time. Pick one.
Alypie123 on
This seems like a lot of highway money is going to go to low population areas…
TrynnaFindaBalance on
Not that it matters, but would this run afoul of the 14th amendment?
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What are the Amish gonna do with freeway money?
So where’s that, because most states are above 1.4 IIRC.
You’ve got to think that poor neighborhoods in blue cities have very high birthrates. Are cities going to get more transportation funds? Or does it only count if they’re white?
>shall prioritize projects and goals… to the extent practicable, relevant, appropriate, and consistent with law, mitigate the unique impacts of DOT programs, policies, and activities on families and family-specific difficulties, such as the accessibility of transportation to families with young children, and give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average
Exact wording from the memo
States that have both marriage and birth rates higher than the national average: AK, AR, HI, ID, AL, TN, UT, FL, SC, NC, and WY.
The Rio Grande Valley is going to get so much money.
This actually makes some sense from a planning perspective, areas with high birthrates are literally adding more people to the population and thus would need more money to plan for that.
But also kinda dumb in that the better way to do this is just scale transportation funding off % population changes. Also could have a side effect of rewarding YIMBY policies that attract more people into an area and punish policies that push people away.
Other issue is that places where people are having babies isn’t necessarily the place the babies will be living throughout their life obviously and the marriage focus is just silly. People aren’t going to get married more because the fed might give their region a small bit more money money for transportation.
Has Birthrate Discourse officially gone mainstream with this Trump Administration?
Please god no. I’m not looking forward to have to debate both my Left-Wing and Conservative Peers on their pet issues they think are the causes.
How are people so obsessed with birth rates and AI replacing labor at the same time. Pick one.
This seems like a lot of highway money is going to go to low population areas…
Not that it matters, but would this run afoul of the 14th amendment?