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The Snooker Strategy

ABABY WHO was born in the year that Virginia last secured a stable new source of revenue for its aging transportation network would be most of the way through college now. If he happened to live in Northern Virginia and commute by car to classes at George Mason University, his life would probably be a nightmare of time wasted and psychic energy squandered on sclerotic roads during rush hours that last up to four hours. If by chance he decided to study public finance, he would doubtless be appalled by the Old Dominion's irresponsibility. Since 1986, the hypothetical year of his birth, Virginia's population and economy have boomed, but the state has not managed to tap one nickel's worth of fresh funding to update its roads, rails and bridges to 21st-century standards. In Northern Virginia alone, the cost of needed improvements to roads and rail is estimated at $17 billion....