Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Local Perspectives on Moving America - Softcover

Subcommittee On Surface Transportation And Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, And Security Of The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation United States Senate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1512186791 ISBN 13: 9781512186796

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Dating back to the Eisenhower administration and even before that—we've seen the Federal Government make transportation investments a priority. We've shown the world what it means to have first-class roads, bridges, tunnels, ports and railroads. We've shown other countries how it can be done. But our attitude has shifted. For some reason, we're not doing that any more. We're no longer leading the world. Rather, we're now looking to China and elsewhere as they become the ones who are building the big projects with a grand vision and an eye to the future. Still, our needs are as real as ever. Our bridges are crumbling. Our roads are rife with potholes. And congressional inaction only exacerbates these problems.

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Dating back to the Eisenhower administration and even before that-we've seen the Federal Government....

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1512186791
• ISBN 13: 9781512186796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 50