Regardless of the current economic downturn, state government faces a number of serious, long-term transportation challenges. That was a key message transportation expert David Hartgen delivered today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.

From outdated funding sources to a misguided emphasis on transit to an overly large and inefficient transportation board structure, the state has plenty of problems to tackle in the years ahead, Hartgen said.

Click play below to hear his take on the funding issue.

3:35 p.m. update: Watch the entire 49:14 recording by clicking the play button below.

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