The US Department of Transportation has released a draft report on multi-modal transportation challenges between now and 2045. A few of its findings:
- America’s population will grow by 70 million by 2045.
- By 2050, emerging megaregions could absorb 75 percent of the U.S. population
- By 2045, freight volume will increase 45 percent.
- Online shopping is driving up demand for small package home delivery, which could soon substitute for many household shopping trips.
- Sixty-five percent of our roads are rated in less than good condition; a quarter of our bridges need significant repair
In the Portland Press Herald coverage of the DOT report is headlined: Gridlock is causing slow motion catastrophe.
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