Changing Direction: Federal Transportation Spending in the 1990s Surface Transportation Policy Project

Federal Transportation Spending Is Changing for the Better (Spending in 1999 was 30 times higher than in 1990; rose from $7 million to over $222 million; never was more than 1 percent of fed transportation total spending on transit doubled from $3 to $6 billion; bu Surface Transportation Policy Project

We’re Seeing Some Improvement on the Ground U.S. Transit Ridership, 1991-1999 Surface Transportation Policy Project

Positive Trends in Spending Are Stalling (In the last two years, the portion of federal funds going to new and wider roads grew by 21%, just as the portion going to transportation alternatives fell by 19%. Surface Transportation Policy Project

Flexible Funds Available In Many States, Decision Makers Have Been Slow to Innovate or Respond to the Public Will Flexible Funds Available $49,846* Amount Spent on Alternative Modes $3,286* 6.5% spent on alternative modes * In millions 1992-1999 Surface Transportation Policy Project

Less than Half of CMAQ Spending Has Been for Projects that Bring Long-Term Air Quality Benefits Surface Transportation Policy Project

Are We Collecting the Right Data? A sample of the more than one thousand different work types describing bridges. Surface Transportation Policy Project

Are We Collecting the Right Data? There are fewer than a dozen work types describing bicycle and pedestrian projects. Surface Transportation Policy Project