Transportation Spending: How About Some Context?

The Washington Post ran a classic pointless killing of trees piece on plans for transportation spending in a bill being debated in Congress. The piece told readers, among other things:

"A group co-chaired by former transportation secretaries Samuel K. Skinner and Norman Y. Mineta has estimated that an additional $134 billion to $262billion must be spent per year through 2035 to rebuild and improve roads, rail systems and air transportation."

Let's see, $134 billion to $262 billion per year ov...