Road Builders advocate increase in gas tax
Road, transportation builder: America stays in the slow lane
'âThe presidential campaigns are not focused on this, but we need to change the conversation. The other countries are not waiting for us. Theyâre surpassing us,â? Ruane said, noting China plans to build 53,000 miles of new highway in the first two decades of this century compared to just 1,130 new interstate miles here.'
Comparing China to the US in terms of road construction is clearly a strawman argument, the US already built a huge network, ours is mature, the B/C ratio for new links in the US is much lower than China. China has yet to build out its network.
The strategy for maturity is not more of the same.