What's the piece-of-the-pie for driverless cars in the $2 trillion infrastructure plan?
Potholes and roadway decay, it's messy and dangerous, among other infrastructure crumblings. Photocredit: AP.
Just like a report card at school that covers various areas such as how you did in literature, math, history, and the like, the ASCE grades the infrastructure in sixteen notable categories. Sadly, we got a C+ for our bridges, ports, and waste handling, and primarily D’s for the rest of the categories, including a solid D for our roads and a D- for transit. Ouch, seems like we need to be kept after-school for some remedial work.
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