Invention

Transportation in the 1800s made dramatic changes through the power of innovative competition.  Today's competition has been narrowed by corporate might.  A half dozen global corporations dominate automobile manufacturing and Siemens dominates everything else in transportation.  Throw in a handful of government contractors via politically owned transportation and engineering consultant companies and control to maintain government status-quo has robbed everyone else's quest to advance.

It is a declared right of every American to pursue happiness, which is described as having prosperity and well being.  Throughout the 1900s we were promised flying cars, moon colonies and space travel.  This requires the ability to travel beyond the limitation of automobiles.  Either society was lied to or mankind's advance was stolen.

Our intellect has produced the capability of efficient maglev technology.  Where are these maglev systems being implemented?  Communist China is now building its fifth maglev transit system.

And where is America in its land of technological advances with Silicon Valley?  Freeway traffic jams and rebuilding a 100 yr old antique

In a word: "disgraceful".  "Embarrassing" or "idiotic" would be appropriate.  Antique trolley cars and buses as a statement of how lost the US is in its transportation advances is a horrible thing to say.

Innovation is a necessity for cultural progress.

To the enlightened innovators, progress is fun and exciting.  Innovation creates energy with an environment that seeks answers.  Government regulates mundane routine but, opposes the exercise of creative strength.

Here is a link to an organization who understands: Davos 2018

The US has to develop innovative implementation in transportation and create new infrastructure.  Transportation is urban growth and economic stability.