>>1939175>Shouldn't be a surprise then that more money goes toward highway spending than any other transportation mode.(Freight) railroads are privately owned, operated, and maintained in the USA. They even pay taxes. Expressways in the land of business and small government are almost entirely paid for by taxes and maintained by state transportation departments. In other countries, like Japan or France, expressways/autoroutes are operated by private, profit-making companies, some of which even operate abroad/in the USA.
https://www.vinci.com/vinci.nsf/en/item/finance-results-core-businesses.htmJust look at that. 2 billion net income from autoroute concessions.
