Oberstar: U.S. needs transportation vision
Rep. Jim Oberstar
The United States needs to redevelop a transportation vision like that of 50 years ago, the House's top transportation authority says.
When the interstate highway system was developed in the 1950s, U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar said Thursday, Congress approved a 3 percent gasoline tax to fund a safer, faster system.
"They looked over the horizon and saw the future of America and said, 'This is the future of America,'" Oberstar told Minnesota legislative transportation committees. "That is the type of vision we need today."
