We also bought a three month subscription to Carfax. We were considering buying through a private party, and with Carfax, you can see the owner history of the car you are considering. It’ s important to know if the car has a history of an accident, or …

More importantly, T4American needs to take a “No new roads” (or “pavement moratorium”) stance, not so much because of the jobs issue but because the nation needs to reduce Vehicle Miles Travelled if it is going to tackle climate change and Peak Oil. There is simply no way to reduce America’s carbon emissions and oil consumption if we continue to build new highways and new highway lanes, and this point needs to be impressed upon state and federal politicians and the public.

Also, mechanisms need to be forced on states to make sure that Federal highway funds don’t end up funding new construction projects (by freeing up state highway money that would otherwise have to be spent on maintenance). Despite their claims to the contrary, many states and especially midwestern states are rolling in state gas tax and tab fee money and have lots of new highway construction projects under way or in the planning stages. They should be forced to spend this money on maintenance or transit. So how about a stipulation that, if a state has lots of new highway projects or lane-widening/new lane projects, they can’t qualify (or have a reduced ability to qualify) for Federal highway money?