As reported by The Verge: The US Department of Transportation
(USDOT) just released "Beyond Traffic," a study best described as a dire
warning about how the country's arterial lines will clog and implode
over the next several decades. As far as USDOT secretary Anthony Foxx is
concerned, pretty much everything is in bad shape and getting worse:
roadways, railways, waterways, the whole nine yards.
The problems are endless: ancient infrastructure is crumbling without
the money to repair or replace it. Renewable energy strategies aren't
materializing quickly enough. Rapidly growing urban centers are buckling
under the weight of the commuting residents that occupy them. And all
the while, the specter of global warming threatens to quite literally
sink everything.
In a perfect world, the DOT would be coming to the table with a slate of solutions — not problems — but it's not. Instead, it's calling Beyond Traffic "an invitation to a conversation" about how to fix things. "Everyone uses our transportation system, which means anyone can help build its future," a slide deck highlighting the study reads.
Here are some of the major takeaways.
In a perfect world, the DOT would be coming to the table with a slate of solutions — not problems — but it's not. Instead, it's calling Beyond Traffic "an invitation to a conversation" about how to fix things. "Everyone uses our transportation system, which means anyone can help build its future," a slide deck highlighting the study reads.
Here are some of the major takeaways.
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