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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by milkytron on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:03PM (#36244127)
> No state DOT is turning down a lane widening project, or a new highway build, or a "smart lane" because their jobs depend on it, even if it comes at the expense of us all. They really are not departments of transportation but just departments of highways and cars.

I think states DOTs differ pretty widely. In Texas and I imagine Ohio, yeah they're very car oriented. But where I live, a lane widening project was just rejected because of how expensive it would be and instead they are using funding towards improving other transportation solutions that don't involve cars.

In the past CDOT has been heavily car and highway oriented, but that seems to be changing slowly. Maybe other states are also considering different options to cars.

https://coloradosun.com/2022/05/16/i-25-no-expansion-central...

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by ericmay on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:10PM (#36244262)
Certainly there are differences, to your point. I don't think there's a huge difference though given that the US is so car-dominated. Good to hear CDOT rejected a highway expansion. We need more wins like that nationally.
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