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Infrastructure vision with new book

Robert W Poole, director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation is publishing a new book, Rethinking America’s Highways, suggesting a new strategy for the sector. The book provides “A 21st-Century Vision for Better Infrastructure,” according to Poole, offering solutions for dealing with the country’s poor highway condition. His suggestion is for “a new model that treats highways like public utilities”, with drivers paying for their use. The books argues for highway spending to be directed by economic
April 30, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Robert W Poole, director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation is publishing a new book, Rethinking America’s Highways, suggesting a new strategy for the sector. The book provides “A 21st-Century Vision for Better Infrastructure,” according to Poole, offering solutions for dealing with the country’s poor highway condition. His suggestion is for “a new model that treats highways like public utilities”, with drivers paying for their use.

The books argues for highway spending to be directed by economic rather than political factors, using research to back its claims. The book is being published by the University of Chicago Press.

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