Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Prestigious_Bobcat29 t1_iy99iu4 wrote

Reply to comment by Alternative_Nail1632 in How not to build a highway by throwawaysscc

Shifting from high capacity to low capacity modes of transportation when population projections anticipated higher populations than actually came to pass (which the highways can’t even handle) is malpractice of the planning profession, not a natural progression

13

Alternative_Nail1632 t1_iy9qc94 wrote

I tend to agree, but at the time it was part of a progression towards car ownership and a move toward transportation by truck rather than rail, thus the closing of certain lines and the bankruptcy of virtually every railway.

−1