In 1928, a survey by the Union Trust Co. of Cleveland estimated there were 3 million miles of roads in the United States. Today there are nearly 4 million. But not every mile is created equal. Today’s figure includes an interstate system and impressive urban superhighways.
And yet we still aren’t keeping up. Utah’s tax increases came in part after a Utah Foundation study in 2013 estimated it would take about $11 billion more in revenue to fund the $54 billion Utah needs to pay for transportation projects over the next 30 years.
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