Trends in Federal and State Highway Investment

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highways
  • Road construction
  • Capital investments
  • Gross domestic product
  • Fuel taxes
  • Statistics
  • States
  • Tables (Data)
  • Graphs
  • Methodology
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO-03-744R
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  In response to Congressional request, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed data from Federal Highway Administration's Highway Statistics for the period from 1982 through 2001, adjusting expenditures to 2001 dollars to (1) identify overall trends in the nation's capital investment in its highway system over the past 20 years, particularly since the enactment of TEA-21 in 1998 and compare the trends in federal spending with the trends in state and local government spending; (2) determine how these trends in highway capital investment compare with the fiscal capacity of both the nation and individual states to fund these programs, particularly since the enactment of TEA-21 in 1998; and (3) provide information on sources of funds used by states for their highway programs. In addition, the GAO also compared expenditures with the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) and the gross state products (GSP) of individual states and interviewed transportation officials in 10 states. Charts, graphs, 73 pages.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34050/dot_34050_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 998.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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