Infrastructure
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the ways in which RI’s self-appointed “coach” and self-presumed captains manipulate the “team” of Rhode Islanders.
The state has announced the end of the sparsely used ferry from Bristol to alleviate traffic on the Washington Bridge. Amanda Milkovits has some of the details: Since its inception on Dec. 21, when just 162 passengers boarded the ferries, ridership on the ferries between Bristol and Providence has reached 2,814, through Sunday, Dec. 31.…
The featured image is by RIDOT of a broken steel rod on the Washington Bridge Westbound, one of the critically failed components that caused the sudden closure of Interstate 195 west on December 11. How these components went critical between July, its most recent inspection (link to report) until December 8, when they were purportedly…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss various fantasies of the ruling class in RI and the U.S.
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the moments of clarity following the Washington Bridge fiasco.
You may remember that truck-only tolls were passed with dire statements about the condition of Rhode Island bridges. “People will die if we don’t get this new revenue stream to repair Rhode Island’s poor bridges” was repeatedly stated or heavily implied during the debate about and passage of the proposed new, legally quizzical, unnecessary toll…
John is exactly right, here:
John DePetro and Justin Katz challenge the common wisdom in RI government, media, and higher education.
Remember when then-Governor Gina Raimondo (a Democrat, if that needs saying) insisted we needed truck tolls to fund her RhodeWorks program to finally fix the state’s infrastructure? Well… As with the state’s pension system — which the state went right back to reamortizing as soon as Raimondo left her treasurer role — she’s a master…
John DePetro and Justin Katz walk through how the effects of today’s education, or lack thereof, are trickling through all facets of society.
