The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting ...
2013-07-08T09:18:18-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/66a/20130708092137001_hd.jpgJonathan Gifford talked about the creation of the Interstate Highway System (IHS ...
In 1991, the Federal Highway Administration revealed that the total cost of the Interstate Highway System was a whopping $128.9 billion, or about half a trillion dollars in 2016’s money. In 2019, ...
Without its interstate highway system, the United States would have far fewer suburbs, fewer fast-food joints, and "just-in-time" production would be all but unknown in America. The vast road system ...
Driving from California to Vermont, as I did this summer, offers time to think and plenty to look at. The vast interstate highway system that I followed for much of my journey, championed by President ...
Inflation compounds an already tough situation for Oklahoma’s highway infrastructure. Fuel taxes fund ODOT’s projects, and ...