摘要: |
This report offers a comprehensive, factual background to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. It also serves as a primary source of information for national and international news media, transportation associations, and industry. This report consolidates conditions, performance, and finance data provided by States, local governments, and transit operators, to provide a national level summary. Some of these underlying data are available through the Department's regular statistical publications. The future investment requirements analyses are developed specifically for this document and provide national level projections only. This report provides dramatic evidence of the role that the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) has played in highway and transit infrastructure investment. Significant increases in Federal assistance, matched by even larger increases at the State and local levels, led to unprecedented transportation enhancements, improvements, and expansion. |