Poorly targeted transportation infrastructure investments aimed only at immediate job creation are wasting dollars and stifling economic growth in the U.S., say two experts at Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) National Transportation Policy Project.

“We must ruthlessly focus on economic growth, immediately and in the future,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who recently served on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and was Chief Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers to President George W. Bush.