Summary: Planning an infrastructure network based on steady economic growth is a challenge, mainly focused on keeping up with demand. But what happens to that network once that growth slows, or even declines, leaving large parts of the system unused and all of it underfunded? While state transportation agencies across the nation grapple with this problem, Matt Rose, President and CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and who was just named to President Obamas Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, told me during this years Texas Transportation Forum that the railroads have been down this road before, and learned some hard lessons that have shaped the way they plan for the future.
