Banking on infrastructure is good policy, election or not

President Obama's proposal for an infrastructure bank to repair delapidated highways, rail lines, and airports, makes sense on its own merits. But it also points the way toward a system of funding transportation projects based on merit rather than political influence. (Full article: 466 words)

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