Slate | How America Can Break Its Highway Addiction
August 28, 2024
"America’s addiction to road construction goes back decades, enabled by naive policymaking, self-serving industry groups, and myopically trained highway engineers. Kicking that addiction is a Herculean task—but not an impossible one.
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A critical moment will arrive in 2026, when Congress is expected to consider a five-year transportation plan that will allocate billions of dollars in funding and establish an array of novel policies.
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Environmental groups are already watching closely. 'Those of us who care about climate change need to see the surface-transportation reauthorization as the next big climate bill,' said Kate Zyla, the executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center."