Opinion: The time has come for America to invest in a 21st-century interstate highway system, writes Robert Poole
President Trump wants California to return federal money for the bullet train to nowhere, and he's right on the merits. Image: John Mabanglo/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockRebuilding America’s interstate highway system would cost $57 billion a year over two decades, according to an expert committee appointed by the Transportation Research Board. It gets worse. By the panel’s own estimates, all that rebuilding would leave the highways in considerably worse shape in 2040 than they are today.
The committee gave ample proof that the interstates are crumbling and in some areas of the country...
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