Technology and Interstate highway system opens new avenues of travel for Americans

Published: May 20, 2021, 1:20 p.m.

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Post World War II America ushered unprecedented change in the way Americans worked, lived, and traveled. What\'s more, many technologies we depend on today were born through the space program of the 1960s. They include things like satellite TV and navigation, laptop computers and smartphones, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and the joystick used in computer gaming \\u2013 technologies that also make #vanlife travel and working from the road possible. But possibly the most significant achievement was the development of the Interstate Highway System. The interstate highway system opened a door to convenient and widespread motor vehicle travel. We discuss this and more on this episode of Rolling Home.

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