BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD – America’s transportation infrastructure, once an engine of mobility and productivity, has fallen into such disrepair that it’s become an economic albatross.
A comprehensive summary with startling video by 60 Minutes is titled Falling apart: America’s neglected infrastructure where Steve Kroft reports on why roads, bridges, airports and rail are outdated and need to be fixed.
All along the American Society of Civil Engineers has been providing biannual assessments of American infrastructure with overall grades typically ranging between D- and D+. Here’s is ASCE’s 2013 report card for the American infrastructure.
Ironically, Congress and States “cannot find” monies to fix and improve what we have, but they do find (pork barrel) billions for boondoggles such as the California High Speed Rail and the Honolulu Snail Rail.
Much like Nero, the roads are crumbling while Congress is fiddling (and misappropriating.)
Blame the Honolulu rail for everything!
Specifically HART, Caldwell, Mufi, & paid posters like Erik, Paul Miles, or Kurt on Kauai who distort the truth to public. Go to; https://khon2.com/2014/11/22/a-look-at-the-future-…
That's what gas taxes were supposed to be for, but funding raids for pet projects straight up destroyed that.
Nice post.
Taxes are fine but overall raids ruined it!
Report Steve Kroft has been pointing out great issues of Americas civil engineering. I think before some sort of incident happens, it's better to repair to issue source right now. America is one of the very developed countries in the world and the way people admire such country a minor incident could possibly destroy is reputation. So government will surely give attention on the facts mentioned by Steve!
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