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Failure to act : the economic impact of current investment trends in surface transportation infrastructure /

The nation's surface transportation infrastructure includes the critical highways, bridges, railroads, and transit systems that enable people and goods to access the markets, services, and inputs of production essential to America's economic vitality. For many years, the nation's surf...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Society of Civil Engineers, Economic Development Research Group
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011.
Subjects:
Infrastructure (Economics) > United States.
Transportation and state > United States.
Bridges > Maintenance and repair > Economic aspects > United States.
Roads > Maintenance and repair > Economic aspects > United States.
Railroads > Maintenance and repair > Economic aspects > United States.
Local transit > Maintenance and repair > Economic aspects > United States.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Ponts > Entretien et réparations > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Routes > Entretien et réparations > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Chemins de fer > Entretien et réparations > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Transports publics > Entretien et réparations > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Bridges > Maintenance and repair > Economic aspects.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Roads > Maintenance and repair > Economic aspects.
Transportation and state.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures and tables.
  • Preface.
  • Executive summary.
  • Section 1 Introduction.
  • Section 2 The infrastructure shortfall.
  • Section 3 Wages, value added, industrial output, and jobs.
  • Section 4 Regional implications.
  • Section 5 Diversion of traffic due to congestion.
  • Section 6 The national modal funding gap.
  • Section 7 Implications of maintenance funding (and a funding gap).
  • Section 8 Conclusions and further research.
  • About the study: sources and methods.
  • Endnotes.
  • Acknowledgments.
  • About EDR Group.