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Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-you-don't-build-it-they-will-come dept.

An anonymous reader writes: During a recent Urban Land Institute talk, the director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, Paul Trombino, told an audience that the road network in Iowa was probably going to "shrink." Calling for fewer highways isn't what you'd normally expect from a government transportation official, but since per capita driving has peaked in the U.S., it might make sense for states to question whether or not to spend their transportation budgets on new roads.

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  1. Re:It all depends.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    heck, we still marvel at the roads the roman empire abandoned.

  2. Re:Driving still increasing by camperdave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the homeowner isn't trying to drive down them at 70 mph in a sports car, but rather at 20mph in a pickup truck.

    I gather you've never lived in the country. Folk will be driving down them at 70 mph in their pickups.

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