Rohit Aggarwala, Columnist

Want Better Roads? Kill the Gas Tax

January 23, 2013 at 11:30 PM UTC

Rohit Aggarwala is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and former director of long-term planning and sustainability for the City of New York.

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Any transportation official knows how to deal with a broken-down car blocking rush-hour traffic: Move it to the side of the road and let everyone else get where they’re going.

This comes to mind as Congress starts work on yet another transportation bill -- only a few months after passing the last one, which was just another in a long series of temporary extensions.