COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio wants to spend $57 million in federal stimulus money on highway projects that won't begin for years, an unusual strategy for money that President Barack Obama said should be used to give the economy an immediate job-creating jolt.
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and the state's transportation officials passed over some ready-to-go construction projects and steered about 7 percent of their $774 million share for planning and preliminary studies.
That infuriated some local leaders who hoped the money would build even more new bridges or resurface roads in the cash-strapped state, where unemployment recently hit a 25-year high of 9.4 percent...
That includes a two-year study of a highway and rail project on the east side of Cincinnati and the design of a 3-mile road connecting Interstate 490 to Cleveland's art and museum district. The cost is $20 million apiece...
Pennsylvania put all of its highway stimulus money — $1 billion — into construction. So did Oregon. "We wanted work boots on the ground," said Patrick Cooney, spokesman for the Oregon Transportation Commission, which approved $234 million for highway projects.
Dumbasses, get regular people to work I'm sure the engineers have no problems finding jobs.
Minicars have no purpose in Texas (MSN)
Minicars made by Toyota, Honda and Daimler AG did poorly on frontal crash tests with mid-sized automobiles, prompting an influential safety organization to suggest consumers consider buying larger cars that have comparable fuel economy.
"Size still matters,"(Thats what she Said!) Institute President Adrian Lund said in a statement. "Though much safer than they were a few years ago, minicars as a group do a comparatively poor job of protecting people in crashes."
Have they seen the size of vehicles in Texas, I heard somewhere that Texas used to sale more pickup trucks every year than the rest of the nation combined.
Here is what it looks like when smart Cars cant avoid and accident.
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