2021-08-05
49 分钟While other countries seem to build spectacular bridges, dams, and even entire cities with ease, the U.S. is stuck in pothole-fixing mode. We speak with an array of transportation nerds — including the secretary of transportation and his immediate predecessor — to see if a massive federal infrastructure package can put America back in the driver’s seat.
Love it or hate it, there will never be another country in the world that is more auto oriented than the United States.
The difference between America and England, it has been said, is that Americans think 100 years is a long time, while the English think 100 miles is a long way.
American drivers put on more miles than drivers in any other country.
Over 13,000 a year on average.
That's nearly 30% more than Canadians who or second, it isn't just that Americans love their cars.
It's almost as if cars are America.
If you've ever watched american tv, you already know this from the car commercials.
Here are a couple things America got right.
Cars and freedom.
Other countries, they work, they stroll home, they stop by the cafe, they take August off.
Off.
This country can't be knocked out with one punch.
We get right back up again.
And when we do, the world's going to hear the roar of our engines.
What is it that accounts for this bond between Americans and our cars?
In a series of episodes, we've been exploring the ways in which the US is an outlier among the nations of the world.
As we've learned, the US is the world leader in terms of individualism.
In an individualistic society, a person is like an atom in a gas.
It can freely float about.
And life is an adventure.