Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Transportation Act’s Antiquated Thinking Puts Communities at Risk
Act currently being debated by Congress could decrease funding to Woodward Avenue Action Association, Birmingham civil engineer argues.
This letter was received by Birmingham Patch Editor Laura Houser: The American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act that Congress is debating reflects an outdated philosophy about how people use America’s roads. While it focuses on creating jobs and improving infrastructure, it ignores the importance of safe roads, community, places, and people as part of that equation. The act will be especially detrimental to urban areas such as Detroit and the inner-ring suburbs that have worked so hard in recent years to improve the quality of life through accessibility and safety in their downtowns and neighborhoods. The very amenities that have drawn people to move, work and play in the city and nearby communities will be threatened by this act. The …
