Interstate System-Tim Fisher

Nixon presents his audience with facts regarding the current state of the American roadways. He states that many of these roadways remain unchanged from the days that they were used as cattle trails or indian trails. And as our country continued to build more and more automobiles, 56 million at that time, a need for more, and more advanced roadways had come along. By putting a 50 billion dollar highway program into effect, President Eisenhower and Nixon hoped that many of the problems that had been plaguing the country due to poor roadways could be solved. Problems such as the annual wastage of billions of hours in detours, and traffic jams. Also they hoped that all the civil suits that clog up the courts could be cleaned out. It was believed that at that time more than half had their origins on highways, roads, and streets.

Building the Interstate

The vice president first evidence he gives that the highways are a problem is the amount of money the budget had been increased to fix the roads and the saying that it still was not enough money to fix the problems completely. the next evidence was the experiment of the gas engine had displaced the mule. Another evidence he gave was the fact that more that half civil courts cases originate on highways, roads, and streets. The plan is intended to solve the problems of speedy, safe, transcontinental; intercity communication; access highways; and farm-to-market movement; metropolitan area congestion; bottlenecks; and parking.

President Nixon is advadent about his point of fixing the highway system to better suit American citizens. He provides evidence that because of the rising population owning cars the highways become too conjested causing horrific accidents. He also points out that given the Americans busy lifestyle it would be in the best interest to fix the highways so everyone could go about their way without wasting fuel and energy in the traffic jams.

Jeremiah Knox: Building the Interstate Highway System

The Vice-President said that the old highway system was built to meet only the needs of quick, local travel. The Vice-President said that the old system was governed by old existing trails that were not meant for long distance or even quick travel. The President feels that an improved highway system will provide speedy, safe and even transcontinental travel. The new highway system would solve the problems of metropolitan area congestion, bottlenecks and parking. The President also feels that the better highway system will improve farm-to-market movement and intercity communications.

Interstate Highway

Nixon says that a new highway is needed because there is a significant increase in the number of cars using them and many deaths are being caused due to the ineffective highways. This problem is intended to solve convience problems and safety problems.

Highway system

President Nixon uses examples to get his point across about how bad the highway systems are. He mentions that there is not enough room on the roads for the population. He continues by adding approximently how much productive time is wasted while peope sit in traffic jams. His plan specificly is trying to solve all of the civil cases in court along with all of the deaths caused by the poor roadways.

Interstate Highway

Richard Nixon used specific examples for why the United States should form a transportation policy. He points out that time has changed and more people use the road system. The roads have become overpopulated and is a hazard to drive in. He said that the roads are used by people with civil suits that clog up not only the road, but also courts. His plan is intended to make the roads more save, more accessable and less congested