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  • Overbuilt: Book Talk and Conversation with Erick Guerra

    Meyerson Hall - Upper Gallery 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The book explores how outdated policies, flawed funding systems, and misguided metrics led to the overbuilding of the U.S. roadway networkJoin the Department of City & Regional Planning and the Penn Institute for Urban Research for this talk on Professor Erick Guerra's new book, Overbuilt. The book explores how outdated policies, flawed funding systems, and misguided metrics led to the overbuilding of the U.S. roadway network. Guerra examines the lasting consequences of this overbuilding and outlines how policymakers can "unbuild" to create a more sustainable and effective transportation future.About the BookOf the approximately inflation-adjusted $2.5 trillion spent on highways from