Links to Information on America's Transportation Infrastructure
By Matt Sundeen, NCSL
For 50-state (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) charts on structurally deficit bridges, functionally obsolete bridges, and deficient bridges by year built go to:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/yrblt06.htm
For a list of deficient bridges by state and highway system go to:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/deficient.htm
For several tables of frequently requested bridge information from the Federal Highway Administration go to:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/britab.htm
The National Academy of Public Administration—representing the top organizations of state, local and county officials—has formed the Intergovernmental Forum on Transportation Finance to identify short- and long-term alternatives to the growing fiscal crisis. For more information on the forum go to: http://www.napawash.org/pc_intergov/Forum_Transportation.html
Section 11142(a) of SAFETEA-LU established the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission and charged it with analyzing future highway and transit needs and the finances of the Highway Trust Fund and making recommendations regarding alternative approaches to financing transportation infrastructure. For more information on the commission go to:
http://financecommission.dot.gov/ |
