Transport in America is having a crisis moment. You can see it in the headlines – from the debacle at Boeing, through to the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, to the fact that the US can’t even build its own commercial ships any more.
Adding to this list of woes are longer-term problems like the lack of good overland train travel, poorly maintained roads and post-pandemic declines in the safety and reliability of city transit systems.
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