Increase Funding for Mass Transit in and around the northeast. This funding will encourage economic activity and create jobs.
The cheapest ticket from Philadelphia to New York is $58. High speed tickets can cost as much as $200. We need to increase the number of trains, and decrease this ticket price.
Every dollar spent by the government on mass transit can go directly back to the US economy. On the other hand, not every dollar spent on subsidizing the highway system can. Why: the highway system encourages our country's ballooning trade deficit, with its demand for oil. Highways and oil go hand-in-hand.
Trains can be built here in our country. We can create jobs, and keep all of our dollars in our own pockets.
Shift spending away from highways and toward improving our rails.