[RWebb]

that would still leave 30%

besides the figures I hear are only 50%, not 70 -- that is for the federal system

don't forget to add in the 150,000 substandard bridges in the US that will have to be fixed

you're right - it REALLY helped the US auto industry -- and the oil industry; one reason they worked hard to destroy intra-city mass transit in the early 1900's