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It is fairly understood that America’s transportation infrastructure is in crisis. In 2008, the Federal Highway Trust Fund – the primary source of federal transportation funding –- nearly went bankrupt. And, it is about to again. Its main source of revenue –- the federal gas tax -- has not been raised since 1993 and the cost of maintaining and upgrading the nation’s roads and bridges increased 50 percent in the last ten years.
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Extended interviews from Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
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Extended interviews from Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
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Extended interviews from Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
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Extended interviews from Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
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Extended interviews from Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
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Extended interviews from Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
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A look at property in the state of Oregon: It is not just the dividing line between public and private land. However, the Fifth Amendment in the United States Constitution – “…nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation...” – seemingly would make it just that. Still, the state regulates private land, at times, as if it were its own. It is not that Oregon property rights are so unique to America, but rather it is the way the state interprets and enforces them that is.
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Marc Shaffer, Blueprint America: Road to the Future producer, on making the documentary.
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