However... only if it fits Trump's agenda, they want state to remove rainbow crosswalks but at the same time they are transferring many of its functions and funding responsibilities to the states and the private sector. But that is hypocritical because at the same time ordering states to remove rainbow crosswalks!
And there is growing backlash over the order.
CBS 2 Iowaby Feven ZewduAugust 28th 2025A new initiative from the U.S. Department of Transport is aiming to improve safety and mobility on roads. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants crosswalk art like the checkered flag crosswalk in Indianapolis and the pride crosswalk in Orlando removed from crosswalks across the nation.A letter sent to governors by Secretary Duffy said “roads are for safety not political messages or artwork.”Nothing has changed in Iowa yet, but Keenan Crow, the director of policy and advocacy for One Iowa, says this initiative might have the opposite effect. The group works to empower the LGBTQIA+ community.“A study from Bloomberg Philanthropies in 2022 showed that these kinds of installations decrease crashes involving pedestrians by 50%, and they increase by 37% the number of motorists who yield to pedestrians. So, in fact, actually all the evidence points in the opposite direction, not in the direction of the administration," Crow said.
If conservative Iowa is apposed to it, what does it say about how people think about this edict?
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