A guest blog written by G. R. (Dick) Green, for Railway Age Magazine; November 15, 2017
2018 will likely see a federal infrastructure bill introduced in Congress, nearly all of which will be related to transportation. If the mid-1950s process that led to the Interstate Highway System, which has been described as the largest public works project in history, is any guide to the future, what will the new bill look like?
The Interstate Highway System was the third major infrastructure project undertaken by the U.S., the first being the transcontinental railroad from the Midwest to the West Coast in the 1860s, the second being the Panama Canal at the end of the 19th century. Most historians would agree that both were operationally successful, with a positive return on public investment.
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