Both sides of the political spectrum promote infrastructure plans. Who, after all, could be against fixing potholes and failing bridges? And yet, while our infrastructure deteriorates, we fail to reach agreement. If we can’t do this, what can we do?

Today, we released our research on US infrastructure. Potholes, rusting bridges, and late trains are annoying but these problems are the least of what should concern us. Here is a brief highlight of what we have found.