| |
| | The US Interstate Highway System: 40 Year Report |
 | | Interstate high occupancy vehicle lanes provide a form of mass transportation that cannot be provided by conventional mass transit services, providing commuters with door-to-door convenience, and faster and more efficient access to the entire metropolitan region, not just the downtown markets to which efficient mass transit services are necessarily limited. |
 | | Interstate highways, which carry nearly one-quarter of the nation's surface passenger transport and 45 percent of motor freight transport, accounts for a considerable portion of this employment and economic activity. |
 | | Over 40 years, the estimated economic gains (Table A-5) from the use of interstate highways were highest in Texas ($45.7 billion), California ($36.3 billion), Illinois ($19.9 billion), Ohio ($18.8 billion) and New York ($16.0 billion). |
| www.publicpurpose.com /freeway1.htm (10436 words) |
|