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Except road funding, huge chunks of which come from the federal government (because, big surprise, cities and states can't afford thousands of miles of stroads
by oopsallmagic 2y ago
Except road funding, huge chunks of which come from the federal government (because, big surprise, cities and states can't afford thousands of miles of stroads and highways without invoking a government that can print its own reserve currency).
- panick21_ 2y agoThe road standards do actually allow for quite a bit of freedom. Its harder if the state DoT (Department of Highway building) is not on board. But fundamentally nothing stops engineers from doing better work. Its a matter of education and political cover. Political will alone goes a long way, engineers are capable of self educating quite well. A simple example is the town in Indiana that has lots of roundabouts. They are operating under the same standards but is much better in lots of way. Engineers can do a lot by themselves and with local political cover they can do much more. If the state DoT is onboard, there is a lot of freedom.