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The interstate highway system has been built. The era of cheap gasoline is over and Americans are hurting. Bridges are crumbling. Older and rural Americans are stranded. Our foreign policy is literally over a barrel. Americans are begging for transportation options that are cheaper, faster and cleaner.

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

The current national transportation program is essentially unchanged from the 1950s, when gas was a nickel a gallon and President Eisenhower set us on a course to build the interstate highway system. Today, we live in a very different world. We need a 21st century vision for a 21st century America.

America needs a visionary program to do three key things:

• Build a world-class rail and transit network that puts us ahead of the rest of the developed world, not behind.
  

• Help communities meet the soaring demand for homes in neighborhoods that require less driving and have access to high-quality transportation options;
  

• Restore, and then keep our existing highways and public transportation networks in tip-top shape.

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