1. Changing Direction: Federal Transportation Spending in the 1990s
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2. 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
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3. We’re Seeing Some Improvement on the Ground
U.S. Transit Ridership,
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4. 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%.
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5. 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
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6. Less than Half of CMAQ Spending Has Been for Projects that Bring Long-Term Air Quality Benefits
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7. Are We Collecting the Right Data?
A sample of the more than one thousand different work types describing bridges.
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8. Are We Collecting the Right Data?
There are fewer than a dozen work types describing bicycle and pedestrian projects.
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