[ WP ] The U.S. Interstate-Highway system was never created , how is this world different than ours ?

all of the cities killed off by rt 66 would still be thriving. The government would n't run itself into massive debt building the interstate system. the roads that are in existence are ran more efficiently by private investors utilizing low cost tolls, most likely in cooperation or by the auto manufacturers to install a `` go pass'' or `` toll pass'' in each car to read the mileage and charge the appropriate amount. Companies create and handle roads around their business to spread the costs as much as possible. The people have a lower tax rate because there is no longer a 50 year life expectancy on roads. so the burgeoning infrastructure cost is not present. Most likely there would be a different mix of cars because without the emphasis on the American dream in a Cadillac with the family going cross country there would n't be a mass subsidy of internal combustion engines to promote car ownership. This means that other fuels would be utilized as the market demands fluctuate with the supply of oil, see the oil crisis of 1970s. without the massive production of roads by government the idea to subsidized cars would not have followed. without this mass subsidization of cars and the adventure of cross country travel ( road tripping ), inner cities have better developed mass transit. pollution would be reduced in major cities and due to lower car ownership rate.
