Roads in DC are now being repaved for the first time in decades. Outside my apartment building they are doing a new underpass for the local circle. The roads are still being torn up to bury fiber optic cable, but the pace is slower (and in any event, fiber optic is infrastructure too).
If you also want to include rail transportation in the analysis, then I can also give some anecdotal evidence that we are expanding our infrastructure. In DC, I guess about 10 stations have been added to Metro in the last decade (green line completion, yellow line completion, blue line completion). 5 or 10 stations will be added in the coming decade with a several billion dollar extension of the orange line (halfway to Dulles airport) and a new New York Avenue station. They're adding more cars to the trains and staying open later on the weekends, which will help better utilize the infrastructure that we have.
Commuter trains are now permanent in the Virginia suburbs, with two lines added in the last decade.
Amtrak has spent a lot of money upgrading its service from Washington to Boston. While the change is only marginal, they are doing more than maintaining.
If you also want to include rail transportation in the analysis, then I can also give some anecdotal evidence that we are expanding our infrastructure. In DC, I guess about 10 stations have been added to Metro in the last decade (green line completion, yellow line completion, blue line completion). 5 or 10 stations will be added in the coming decade with a several billion dollar extension of the orange line (halfway to Dulles airport) and a new New York Avenue station. They're adding more cars to the trains and staying open later on the weekends, which will help better utilize the infrastructure that we have.
Commuter trains are now permanent in the Virginia suburbs, with two lines added in the last decade.
Amtrak has spent a lot of money upgrading its service from Washington to Boston. While the change is only marginal, they are doing more than maintaining.
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