@mattmcirvin@pbloem@futurebird Sort of. The technocrats even then were worried about the effect on the rail network; Thomas MacDonald wanted to rebalance investment toward both cars and trains (which is what Western Europe would do from the 1950s on), for which Eisenhower had him fired. The biggest household name in cars-only investment, Robert Moses, was a political operator and disdained professional planners. Then there were the already high construction costs, dooming Second Avenue Subway.