[decimon]

A century later, the consequences of putting every living soul on gas-powered wheels are piling up...

It was government and not industry that put every living soul on the government roads.

[Greg F]

It was government and not industry that put every living soul on the government roads.
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That’s true also in a way. The Federal Highway system was seen as needed for the cold war though, so it was, in a sense, a military system.