The High Cost of Cheap Roads

from Streetsblog Capitol Hill by Angie Schmitt
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According to a recent article in Gizmodo, it didn’t have to be this way. Writer Rachel Swaby says America’s predicament has its roots in a fateful decision made more than 50 years ago: to pour asphalt over packed dirt rather than concrete.
This made roads cheap to build — encouraging the proliferation of car transportation and freight trucking. But it also made roads very expensive to maintain.
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https://streetsblog.net/2011/11/16/the-high-cost-of-cheap-roads/