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On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:35:42 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

> 	Actually he fell in love with the idea of moving troops and war
> 	machinery
> quickly and the Interstates  were the result.

https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/interstate-system/
reichsautobahnen

"In short, where Germany had intended to build the highways first and the 
vehicles second, America had the vehicles and no clear plan for building 
the highway network."

Interesting contrast. Germany intended to build the infrastructure and 
then fill the roads with Volkswagens that would be affordable to the 
workers. The US built the Model Ts and thought about a road network 50 
years later.