Meck Deck is dead serious now:

What does it say about our crazy, whacked-out, upside down transportation priorities that a rump of a streetcar that might move a couple hundred people day while adding to congestion is still in the running for federal money but a vital Interstate bridge handling thousands of vehicles a day is not?

I have no idea. Let’s not forget the $520 million for not as slow rail, either.

Meanwhile, NYT columnist Thomas Friedman —-up to his arse in snow —– wants to rebrand global warming.