Bill James

Why a Revamped Housing Plan Should Be Government's First Priority

Housing can recover with by changing transportation infrastructure policy from Planned to Performance Standards. The typical working family (income $20-50,000) spend $10,300 a year on transportation. That can be cut in half by allowing non-oil based transportation systems access to rights of way. Allow access to any one and any technology that can exceed 126 passenger-miles per gallon (energy equivalent).

Increasing disposable income by $5,000 a year per family is enough to stabilize foreclosures and the housing market.

Building the infrastructure will create about 1.8 million new sustainable job.

Personal Rapid Transit is a technology that can exceed the Performance Standard:
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