For years, we’ve been hearing about how fragile our infrastructure is. Auto culture’s ugly foundations are crumbling, and very little has been done about. (It ain't sexy; no new taxes; the invisible hand will provide). We see the results in Minnesota. Anybody surprised? The death toll over the Mississippi is pretty modest, considering.
Mostly built after the Second World War, the nation’s highway system fueled the growth of sprawling suburbs and exurbs, white flight from the cities, and a transfer of wealth from the industrialized NE to the war-industry south and west, from city to 'burb. (Political power followed.) Not to mention finishing the decapitation of public transportation, that automobile/tire company plan to hook us to cars. Like junkies, we’re now stuck with long commutes, car after car with a lone driver, oil-run politicians, blood in the Middle East, continued devastation of the environment. Over forty thousand dead a year on our roads...
Where are you going? What's your hurry?
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