Interesting article on Strong Towns Blog by Charles Marohn – Highlights:
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Today we ask the question: Have we overvalued mobility?
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I’ll note that the slowing of economic growth also correlates to the end of the first life cycle of the new roads. This is the time that the long-term cost of maintenance started to kick in.
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B’ Spokes: Long term maintenance of our aging infrastructure was never budgeted for, it simply was put off to let some other generation deal with it. So here it is and we are having to deal with it and not a "user fee" increase in sight for this or even to keep up with inflation. "We pay too much already." Ah, no. You are currently steeling money from schools, police departments and other things the general budget pays for.
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https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2011/4/4/mobilitys-diminishing-returns.htmloldId.20110405183115371
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