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Biden to name Mayor Pete Sec. of Transportation -- (link)

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Dec 15 '20, 10:52

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https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1338918911870431232 (twitter.com)

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Ugh! Not the person for the job. What does he know about public transit and bike infrastructure? I want someone that isn't from a car dependent state - Krusty Dec 15, 11:32 19
- He was mayor of a town that has buses, Krusty -- nm - decline Dec 15, 11:34 1
  - Then I'm sold. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 11:42
- Uhm, anything dealing with a *bike* infrastructure would hardly be federal. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 11:34 16
  - ^^^^Indiana mindset. The problem with Pete. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 11:37
  - Certainly could be. And should be. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 15, 11:36 6
    - Roads are really just a small part of DoT - it's the FAA, Railroads, pipelines, ports... - Reagen Dec 15, 11:41 2
      - And becoming much smaller every year. I had the legal counsel for the Fed Highway Admin tell me they had very little to do with cars on highways - jnine Dec 15, 11:47
      - That too. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 11:43
    - Hmm. Seriously did not realize they went beyond highways. Bloomington is a bit of a bike city, and I had zero idea the feds funded smaller stuff. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 11:40 2
      - Traffic circles, stop lights, bike lanes, trains, ferrys, they do it all. -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 12:43
      - I don’t know if there is currently a program to do so, but it certainly seems like something that should exist. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 11:42
  - Roads are and bikes go on the roads -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 11:35 7
    - Do the feds deal with *local* roads? I thought only highways? -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 11:38 2
      - I don't know about IN, but in CA when a project is done, a lot of times they put up signs indicating who funded it, partners, etc. If you have them, -- (edited) - jnine Dec 15, 12:47
      - Apparently when it comes to rainbow crosswalks they do. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 15, 11:40
    - We need to change so much about how our roads work so that cars, trucks, bikes and pedestrians can travel safely. Right now it's all about the cars. - Krusty Dec 15, 11:38
    - Buttigieg was one of the 1st mayors to welcome a little dockless bike startup, LimeBike, to operate in the town -- nm - decline Dec 15, 11:38
    - But those would be municipal jurisdiction. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 11:37 1
      - We can't implement something like congestion tolling on our state roads without federal approval for certain things. There are federal laws that need - Krusty Dec 15, 11:40
So what are the big ones he hasn't named AG State and Edu? -- nm - eag Dec 15, 11:17 3
- State is Antony Blinken -- nm - decline Dec 15, 11:23 1
  - Yep my error -- nm - eag Dec 15, 11:25
- AG, Interior, Commerce, Labor, Energy, Education, and CIA, EPA, SBA -- nm* - MDH Dec 15, 11:19
Now all we need is Beto to be named Secretary of Punk Rock -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 15, 11:15 3
- Oh he's not anything. Weird. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 15, 11:24 2
  - I don’t think it is. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 11:29 1
    - Agreed. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 11:31
Secretary of Get Us There -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 11:11 1
- Let's go -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 15, 11:12
This is how Ethan Hunt got his start. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 11:09
Sec'y -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 11:09
Well South Bend was Studebaker HQ. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 15, 11:01
The way he handled fox News, he should be sec of state -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 10:56
That seems lesser than what Pete wanted I'm guessing. - ty97 Dec 15, 10:54 16
- I'm really disappointed in this choice -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 11:33
- It’s a bummer. Was hoping he’d be more of a fast track—I like him a lot. Gotta pay his dues, I guess 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - flavorize Dec 15, 11:13 1
  - I don’t think it’s that bad of a slot, all things considered. - znufrii Dec 15, 11:21
- He turned down 2 jobs because he didn't get his first two choices. He likely knew this was his last shot at Cabinet. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 11:12 1
  - What did he turn down? China and... -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 15, 11:17
- Yup. Though understanding what smaller cities need for connectivity is a selling point for me. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 10:59
- If Biden is serious, he’ll push hard for an actual Infrastructure Week. Get jobs and investment going while also fixing broken shit. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:59
- my first thought was that, but then again if Biden can get an infrastructure bill done Pete could be handed a trillion dollars to work with -- nm - decline Dec 15, 10:57 3
  - Yup. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 11:03
  - nm -- nm* - budice Dec 15, 10:58
  - Infrastructure Week! -- nm - Trump Dec 15, 10:58
- It's the Miss Congeniality of the cabinet. -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 15, 10:56 2
  - he really does want world peace! -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 15, 11:07
  - 14th in line of succession! -- nm* - decline Dec 15, 11:04
- They have roads too, ty -- nm - decline Dec 15, 10:55 1
  - That's the problem. Too much focus on *roads* -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 10:56

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