Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-106) and index.
Contents
America's aging infrastructure: an overview / Marcia Clemmit -- America's aging infrastructure is deteriorating / Roger L. Kemp -- America's bridges are structurally deficient / Andrew Herrmann -- America's dams are unsafe / Gaylord Shaw -- Government inaction has made America's infrastructure unsafe / Jim Hightower -- Increasing gas taxes will improve America's infrastructure / Stephen Flynn -- Increasing gas taxes will not improve America's infrastructure / Robert Puentes -- Toll roads will improve America's highways / Robert W. Poole -- Toll roads are an inequitable way to improve America's highways / Jim Hall -- Public investment will improve America's infrastructure / Samuel Sherraden -- Private ownership will improve America's infrastructure / Steven Malanga -- Partnerships to improve highway infrastructure must be monitored / Gregory M. Cohen -- Federal leadership is needed to improve America's infrastructure / William G. Cox -- Local projects divert funds needed to improve infrastructure / Ken Dilanian.
