Roads and bridges that are deficient, congested or lack desirable safety features cost Texas motorists a total of $23.2 billion statewide – nearly $2,000 annually per driver in some areas – due to higher vehicle operating costs (VOC), traffic crashes […]
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KEY FACTS ABOUT MICHIGAN’S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND FEDERAL FUNDING
The nation’s roads and highways are the backbone of the U.S. transportation system, allowing Americans to travel approximately 3 trillion miles annually. But conditions on the system are deteriorating, as the need for transportation improvements far outpaces the amount of […]
TRIP Report: Oklahoma Transportation Funding Boost Provided For Needed Road And Bridge Improvements
…But Deficiencies Remain And Future Progress Depends On Sustained Transportation Funding
A new report finds that additional transportation funding provided by the Oklahoma legislature in recent years has allowed the state to accelerate bridge repair and replacement, pavement improvements, and safety […]
TRIP Report: Deficient Roads Cost Ohio Drivers $6.5 Billion Statewide Per Year; Congested, Deteriorated Roads Hamper Economic Growth And Stall Recovery
A new report released by TRIP, a Washington, DC based national transportation research organization, today in four Ohio cities finds that that roads are congested, deteriorated or lack some desirable safety features and cost the average area motorist in Columbus […]
TRIP Report: Nebraska Faces $1.1 Billion Transportation Funding Shortfall Over Five Years
Nebraska faces $1.1 billion transportation funding shortfall over five years; road and bridge conditions face increasing deterioration without additional funding
Deficient roads cost each Omaha driver more than $1,100 per year
A new report finds that Nebraska faces a $1.1 billion transportation-funding […]