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They considered transportation infrastructure. See National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_o
by Const-me 6y ago
They considered transportation infrastructure. See National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_195...
They also considered jobs availability. I wasn’t able to find good enough sources on the policies of the era, but many articles on the Internets say the sprawl of industries was caused in part by federal policies: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44250919 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44250919
- ghaff 6y agoThat's true although the history I've read suggests that Eisenhower wanted to do the Interstate Highway system anyway and framing it as being at least partly about defense made it easier to get the funding approved.