America's "crumbling" roads and bridges are fine - Slow Boring

Let's do the broadband and grid and water stuff instead

There is a lot more happening in Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan than just throwing money at America’s crumbling roads and bridges. And it’s a good thing, too, because after years of being mildly annoyed by this rhetoric, I’ve actually been researching it and it’s basically a huge myth.

Not to say that there are zero roads or bridges in the United States that could use a little repair.

But there’s just no reason to believe that the existing surface transportation funding levels in the United States are inadequate...

Let's do the broadband and grid and water stuff instead

There is a lot more happening in Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan than just throwing money at America’s crumbling roads and bridges. And it’s a good thing, too, because after years of being mildly annoyed by this rhetoric, I’ve actually been researching it and it’s basically a huge myth.

Not to say that there are zero roads or bridges in the United States that could use a little repair.

But there’s just no reason to believe that the existing surface transportation funding levels in the United States are inadequate...