General Motors, for example, has invested millions of dollars in research. My colleagues at the GM Research Laboratories and I worked on identifying and inventing the future of transportation, including multimodal mixes, high-speed conventional rail, monorail and automation. My supervisor became the head of smart-road research at GM, which partners with Virginia Tech 's Center for Transportation. We should not saddle our children and our children's children with an expensive, destructive and outmoded transportation system. Installed infrastructure inhibits innovation.
System management minimizes the installation of outdated infrastructure.
It maximizes opportunities for innovation. The cost to the taxpayers is much less than for new construction. Transportation management is much more affordable. I-81, it seems foolish to think of an interstate as a way to save lives. Transportation management can address safety and build solutions where they are needed.