On this week’s NOW, David Brancaccio travels to the exurbs of southern California where the American dream has quickly turned into the American nightmare, with skyrocketing gas prices and little or no alternative public transport available. Millions of Americans today are facing the tough question: fill up the tank or pay the mortgage? Brancaccio investigates how rising gas prices, plummeting home values, and the economy in crisis all go hand in hand. We are in desperate need of modern infrastructure and a huge investment in public transit. Could this be the country’s ticket out of the economic slump? Definitely a worth-while watch and important consideration come November 4th.
> NOW: Driven to Despair (10.10.2008)
> PBS Blueprint America series