This publication is intended to provide decision makers with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performance, and financing mechanisms of highways, bridges, and transit systems based on both their current state and their projected future state under a set of alternative future investment scenarios.
This Executive Summary (separate entity from the comprehensive 2015 Status of Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit Conditions & Performance Report to Congress) showcases the highlights of the companion, comprehensive volume. This executive summary contains highlights to the public roadways/highways and Bridges that are part of America's transportation infrastructure. This volume includes an executive summary or synopsis for each chapter included in the comprehensive companion volume. It also contains a significantly reduced number of charts, graphs, and tables with specific data compared to the number available within larger full report. Transportation decision-makers at the municipal, state, and federal level, along with construction and civil engineering executives, and personnel that may be most interested in an overview about America's transportation infrastructure may be interested in this profile resource. Related products: Sign up to a print subscription for Public Roads bimonthly print magazine here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/750-005-00000-4?ctid= Smartphone Applications to Influence Travel Choices: Practices and Policies is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/050-001-00349-0 Bridges & Tunnels resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/engineering/bridges-tunnels Comprehensive companion volume -Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit Conditions & Performance Report to Congress, Full Report 2015 can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/search/apachesolr_search/050-001-00351-1
This is the 11th in a series of combined documents the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has prepared to satisfy requirements for reporting to Congress on the condition, performance, and future capital investment needs of the Nation's highway and transit systems. This report incorporates highway, bridge, and transit information required by 23 United States Code (U.S.C.) �503(b)(8) and transit system information required by 49 U.S.C. �308(e). Beginning in 1993, the Department combined two separate existing report series that covered highways and transit to form this report series; before then, 11 reports had been issued on the condition and performance of the Nation's highway systems, starting in 1968. Five separate reports on the Nation's transit systems' performance and conditions were issued beginning in 1984.This 2015 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance report to Congress (C&P report) draws primarily on 2012 data. The 2013 C&P report, transmitted on January 14, 2014, was based largely on 2010 data.In assessing recent trends, many of the exhibits presented in this report present statistics for the 10 years from 2002 to 2012. Other charts and tables cover different periods, depending on data availability and years of significance for particular data series. The prospective analyses presented in this report generally cover the 20-year period ending in 2032.
This Conditions and Performance (C&P) report is intended to provide decision makers with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performances, and financing mechanisms of highways, bridges, and transit systems based both on the current state of these systems and on the projected future state of these systems under a set of alternative future investment scenarios. This report offers a comprehensive, data-driven background to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. This report consolidates conditions, performance, and financial data provided by States, local governments, and mass transit operators to provide a national-level summary. Illus.
This document is a summary of the 2015 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance report to Congress (C&P report). The C&P report is intended to provide decision makers with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performance, and financing mechanisms of highways, bridges, and transit systems based on both their current state and their projected future state under a set of alternative future investment scenarios. This report offers a comprehensive, data-driven background context to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. It also serves as a primary source of information for national and international news media, transportation associations, and industry.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
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