Should the government invest in the development of smart transportation infrastructure?

There needs to be a proof of concept for smart transportation infrastructure before the government invests in it.

For traffic lights and stop signs yes. For vehicles no.

The government should invest in the development of smart transportation infrastructure when it is appropriate.

The government should cut the red tape and reduce regulations rather than use direct cash injections.

No, while smarter traffic signalling may be a worthwhile investment, I am vehemently opposed to any sort of "smart" vehicles, as they are typically anti-consumer in terms of right-to-repair, as well as an inherent privacy, safety, and security risk to the individual, those around them, and to national security.

"Connected" vehicles of any sort open up the possibility of severe privacy violations by the United States government, as well as malicious individuals and foreign nation states; your car should not be able to transmit data about your location.

Similarly, vehicles wit…  Read moreh steer-by-wire or electronic throttle controls are inherently dangerous. I am not aware of any automotive manufacturer that controls its own software-hardware supply chain enough to provide formal verification throughout the stack to offer the same levels of guarantees about correctness that a mechanical system provides. In addition, even with formal verification techniques, a provably correct system only helps when it is not tampered with. And currently, auditability of integrated circuits/hardware is an unsolved problem that does not appear to be realistically solveable.

No; it should be eco-centric and people-centric transportation infrastructure

YES... if it serves the common good, protects liberty, enhances relational life, resists fragility, embeds beauty, enables stewardship, and preserves the dignity of both person and place.