Although President Obama proposed significant increases in transportation infrastructure funding this year, Senate Democrats decided to maintain current levels, while the House recommended cuts of one-third, says Donna Cooper, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
"The hundreds of millions of dollars generated from poor driving-related behaviors provide significant funding for transportation, infrastructure… and many other public services," according to a recent report by the Brookings Institute.
This finding has significant policy implications for transportation infrastructure planning and investment.
Air strikes by NATO in 1999 destroyed a significant portion of the transportation infrastructure and industrial facilities in Serbia, and an embargo on petroleum imports further exacerbated the federation's economic malaise.
One important category of transportation infrastructure is underground pipelines.
At the end of the civil war, Lebanon's transportation infrastructure on the whole required significant reconstruction; many roads were rebuilt, including a highway along the coast from Tripoli to Sidon.
"Providing passengers with safe high-speed rail will have significant environmental and metropolitan planning advantages and help diversify our nation's transportation infrastructure," he wrote.
The persistent infrastructure underinvestment coupled with a significant growth in commercial and non-commercial transportation demand has rendered the US transportation infrastructure unprepared for current and future demands.
"All of the commissioners have the sense that there is a significant amount and a vital need to move forward, on a number of transportation infrastructure projects that the Port Authority's capital program envisions," he said.
The paper addresses claims implicating higher domestic transportation costs as a significant barrier to Latin America's trade and economic integration - and the region's inadequate transportation infrastructure as the primary cause.
The Transport segment develops systems and services for civil customer base of ground transportation infrastructure operators.
