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\nBlueprint America \u2014 with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer \u2014 in a story on how America\u2019s highways are built and funded \u2014 often times at the expense of mass-transit development. Correspondent Rick Karr reports from Birmingham, Alabama.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s a Zombie Highway?
\nRick Karr, Blueprint America correspondent<\/p>\n
Let me answer that question with a hypothetical: Let\u2019s pretend that the federal government has a program to help you improve your house or apartment. Lawmakers in Washington promise that for every dollar that you put up for construction, they\u2019ll give you four dollars. It doesn\u2019t matter how expensive the project turns out to be \u2013- you\u2019ll get four bucks in subsidies for every dollar that comes out of your own pocket. Until the project is finished.<\/p>\n
In that case, would you ever have an incentive to finish your home improvement project? Or would the project keep shambling forward, like an extra in a George Romero film? Blueprint America \u2014 with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer \u2014 in a story on how America\u2019s highways are built and funded \u2014 often times at the expense of mass-transit development. Correspondent Rick Karr reports from Birmingham, Alabama. What\u2019s a Zombie Highway? Rick Karr, Blueprint America correspondent Let me answer that question with a hypothetical: Let\u2019s … <\/p>\n
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