How is the highway system paid for? Car drivers need roads to drive on, or else those cars will be pretty looking pieces of art stuck in the driveway. While modern western countries today have extensive road and highway networks, unless the government highway administrations are funded those roads will eventually…
The Los Angeles area is infamous for sprawl, huge giga-highways, bad air conditions, and people stuck in gridlocked cars for hours at a time. The success of the automobile as a transportation method has led to, in the U.S., a massive system of highways, cities designed for the benefit of…
The U.S. is saddled with an extensive highway system and a car-dominated transportation landscape. Under current policies the federal Highway Trust Fund is the primary funding source for the Interstate Highway System, and it’s about to run out of money. The balance will go to $0 by July or August…
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