How Long to Read Rethinking America's Highways

How Long Does it Take to Read Rethinking America's Highways?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Rethinking America's Highways by Robert W. Poole Jr.

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, their exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert Robert Poole, this congestion and deterioration are outcomes of the way America provides its highways. Our twentieth-century model overly politicizes highway investment decisions, short-changing maintenance and often investing in projects whose costs exceed their benefits. In Rethinking America’s Highways, Poole examines how our current model of state-owned highways came about and why it is failing to satisfy its customers. He argues for a new model that treats highways themselves as public utilities—like electricity, telephones, and water supply. If highways were provided commercially, Poole argues, people would pay for highways based on how much they used, and the companies would issue revenue bonds to invest in facilities people were willing to pay for. Arguing for highway investments to be motivated by economic rather than political factors, this book makes a carefully-reasoned and well-documented case for a new approach to highways that is sure to inform future decisions and policies for U.S. infrastructure.

How long is Rethinking America's Highways?

Rethinking America's Highways by Robert W. Poole Jr. is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rethinking America's Highways Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Rethinking America's Highways aloud.

What Reading Level is Rethinking America's Highways?

Rethinking America's Highways is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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