What will U.S. transport look like in 2045?

In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation tasked a team of experts with producing a comprehensive report on the state of the country's infrastructure. The resulting report, at more than 300 pages, paints a sorry picture of systems designed and implemented as much as 80 years ago, when planners had far fewer people to consider

But it also reveals high hopes for America's future.

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"This document's really focused on breaking open a conversation we need to have as a country," said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, in a Q&A with Google's Eric Schmidt at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Read more...

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