Highways across rural states also serve as a “bridge” for traffic between population centers for people and freight.
Yet in policy discussions, the need to improve connectivity outside metropolitan areas is too often overlooked.
What is needed:
More capacity is needed to:
“The people who live in rural areas rely on commercial trucks, cell phones, and the Internet just as much as any city dweller. Yet many of our highways that serve rural areas were built back in the 1960s. Why do we expect our modern society to run on an archaic transportation system? We need a transportation system that works for the entire country of today – not one that struggles just to keep up with yesterday.” – AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley
For more information visit: Transportation Reboot: Restarting America’s Most Essential Operating System (Part 3 - Connecting Communities)