Some of those things I could see a pattern as described. The exception for me is public transportation. It exists in urban areas with high diversity. But it doesn’t exist in the suburbs which are much more white. The rich suburbs, it doesn’t matter as everyone is driving a new Audi or whatever. But the poorer white suburbs are really a terrible place to live, you can’t go anywhere without a car, and most jobs don’t pay wages that accommodate housing, food and car expenses anymore. The cost increases have way outpaced wages. I know that affects urban life too, but at least they have access to buses etc.
Car centrism lobbied by oil and auto industries is very responsible for the laws and policies that forged this situation. But to assume it isn’t sieved through a racists filter as well is naive. The most popular public transport in America, New York, is a perfect example. There’s a subway, fast and frequent, highly convenient in a high density city. They have buses, awful and inefficient when deployed in a traffic adled city without priority lanes. There are black and Hispanic, and white neighborhoods. Guess who got what when the system was designed?
Rural America is a bit different, of course, but guess which communities get all the high capacity high speed highway projects and high frequency maintenance, and who gets stuck with small rural roads and zero maintenance or investment?
Some of those things I could see a pattern as described. The exception for me is public transportation. It exists in urban areas with high diversity. But it doesn’t exist in the suburbs which are much more white. The rich suburbs, it doesn’t matter as everyone is driving a new Audi or whatever. But the poorer white suburbs are really a terrible place to live, you can’t go anywhere without a car, and most jobs don’t pay wages that accommodate housing, food and car expenses anymore. The cost increases have way outpaced wages. I know that affects urban life too, but at least they have access to buses etc.
Car centrism lobbied by oil and auto industries is very responsible for the laws and policies that forged this situation. But to assume it isn’t sieved through a racists filter as well is naive. The most popular public transport in America, New York, is a perfect example. There’s a subway, fast and frequent, highly convenient in a high density city. They have buses, awful and inefficient when deployed in a traffic adled city without priority lanes. There are black and Hispanic, and white neighborhoods. Guess who got what when the system was designed?
Rural America is a bit different, of course, but guess which communities get all the high capacity high speed highway projects and high frequency maintenance, and who gets stuck with small rural roads and zero maintenance or investment?