Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts

John Stossel: Who'll Build The Roads?

Government planners vs the free market.     "Tea party members don't think there's a federal role in transportation!" complained Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, last week, near the site of a $5.8 million highway project. If only most tea party members were that radical. While Brown and other big-government folks worry that Republicans will     ... MORE

Robert Poole: Fixing America's Freeways

Reinventing our expressways, one lane at a time.   If you work anywhere in America outside of New York City, chances are you drive to work. That means you battle congestion twice every weekday. Rest assured that it’s not your imagination: traffic is much worse than it used to be.  The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), which has been measuring the cost ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Infrastructure Spending


Roads and bridges present a noble facade for political pork.