I’m not sure what your point is. It’s not viable to build more roads, so tunnels it must be. Tunnels are expensive, so rail is a requirement. Maintenance is mus

I’m not sure what your point is. It’s not viable to build more roads, so tunnels it must be. Tunnels are expensive, so rail is a requirement. Maintenance is must, regardless of political will. Saying that US institutions can’t/won’t maintain things, thus don’t build things that need maintenance is just unhelpful. You might as well say we should all give up now and go home.