Rethinking America's Highways: A 21st-Century Vision for Better Infrastructure

Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, their exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert Robert Poole, this congestion and deterioration are outcomes of the way America provides its highways. Our twentieth—century model overly politicizes highway investment decisions, short—changing maintenance and often investing in projects whose costs exceed their benefits.

In Rethi...