The Sad State Of America’s Infrastructure In One Infographic

Every year, Americans spend a combined 600,000 years stuck in traffic, and Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins notes, if you’re thinking that time could be spent a little more productively, you’re not the only one.
In fact, even politicians are taking notice of aging and insufficient infrastructure in the United States. Recently, President Trump has started mapping out his $1 trillion plan to rebuild the country’s roads, bridges, and airports – and it is worth mentioning that infrastructure spending was also a key component of Bernie Sanders’ platform as well.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Mar 24, 2017.