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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:Driving still increasing by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 1, Troll

    Even if per capita driving has peaked, the population is increasing, so total driving is still increasing.

    [Citation needed].

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