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There are two ways to manage an existing transportation infrastructure. Continuous maintenance is far less expensive than radical reconstruction.
Continuous maintenance almost never happens.
The challenge is to explain human behavior that prioritizes that prioritizes the short term over the long term.
Which one of the following, if true, most contributes to an explanation of why the first alternative mentioned is almost never adopted?
Since different parts of the
This might explain why radical reconstruction is costly, but does not explain continuous maintenance almost never happens.
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When funds for transportation infrastructure
This fails to add the rate at which the funds are distributed—all at once or a little bit continuously. Furthermore, it does not indicate the type of maintenance utilized.
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If continuous maintenance is performed
This is an advantage to continuous maintenance, making it all the more puzzling that it almost never happens.
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Radical reconstruction projects are, in
This is a disadvantage to radical reconstruction, making it all the more puzzling that it continuous maintenance almost never happens.
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For long periods, the task
Why this is right
This minimizes the long term negative effects of neglecting maintenance on transportation infrastructure.
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