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Evidence of the "tipping point" collected by Dale Evans:

FromCalifornia toPortland,Texas,Chicago,New York andWashington DC,  business and industries throughout the nation were releasing reports to voice the Infrastructure and Congestion Crisis. Are we reaching the tipping point?

TRAFFIC WORLD Jan22,  2007

House Trans & Infrastructure Committee chairman James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) priority is “pushing road capacity to the top.”  R-Fla John L. Mica ranking R member: “With record levels of traffic congestion and delays experienced by travelers today, we must continue to invest in our nation’s transportation systems to expand our economy and build our nation’s aging infrastructure.”  Quotes U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Donahue “We’re getting to the point where we’re running out of capacity.  We’re 20 years behind.”  The hole is getting deeper and the ladder is getting shorter.”

 Outlook 2007: The State ofAmerican Business, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Thomas J. Donahue President & CEO, Jan 5, 2007

 “The Chamber and our partners will seek to invest in and grow our surface transportation systems and the capacity of our waterways, ports, aviation systems and telecommunications networks.  To generate support, we will rate state and local infrastructure systems, explore a range of innovative funding and building strategies, and enlist broad-based community and labor backing for our efforts.”  (see p. 14)

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CALIFORNIA PROP for Highway Congestion Relief approved by voters Nov 2006

CALIFORNIANS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC NOW

http://yeson1aand1b.com/documents/Transportation_Crisis.pdf

USDOT National Strategy to Reduce Congestion, May 2006

http://www.fightgridlocknow.gov/

CHICAGO freight study, The Metropolis Freight Plan, Delivering the Goods,Chicago Metropolis 2020

http://www.chicagometropolis2020.org/documents/MetropolisFreightPlan.pdf

ILLINOIS Chamber of Commerce

Transportation for Illinois Coalition, a steering committee for Infrastructure Council of Illinois State Chamber of Commerce

Public/Private Partnerships Policy issues, Apr 25, 2006

http://www.ilchamber.org/ic/inf/tfic/d/publicprivate.pdf

CTA woes: funding outlook grows dim, Feb 4, 2007, Greg Hines

Making Gridlock a Priority inBoston (12/27/06, Sam Staley)

In next 25 years, by 2030, $48 bn transportation budget: under 10% funding on highways, $43 bn on transit

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/12/27/making_gridlock_a_priority/

ATLANTA train losing steam, Feb 5, 2007

"I won't support putting millions into a 19th century technology that we're using to solve a 21st century problem," state Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon, said last week. "Who's going to use it?" Staton asked. "It's a boondoggle."

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/16623953.htm

Congested Business—MetroNew York Edition, Dec 6, 06

http://www.reason.org/outofcontrol/archives/surface_transportation/

HAWAII TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Paying the Price for Inadequate roads inHawaii, TRIP The Road Information Program, April 2005,

http://www.tripnet.org/HawaiiReport042505.pdf

PORTLAND BusinessAlliance

The Cost of Congestion to the Economy of the Portland Region, EDR Group, Dec 2005

http://www.portlandalliance.com/pdf/Congestion_Report.pdf

VANCOUVER BC traffic congestion GATEWAY PROGRAM

http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/

AUSTIN traffic congestion causes unacceptable inefficiencies, Dell expands toNashville,

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/archive/052501_dell.html

State ofFlorida Law on Traffic Management Programs includes

   Highway Pavement    

    Bridges

    Highway safety

    Traffic Congestion

    Public transportation facilities and equipment

    Intermodal transportation facilities and equipment

Rush Hour: How States Can Reduce Congestion Through Performance-Based Transportation Programs

by Wendell Cox, Alan E. Pisarski, and Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

Backgrounder #1995

January 10, 2007

One by one, government programs in a growing number of states are becoming subject to performance-based systems to ensure that unresponsive bureaucracies are held accountable to the same standards of performance that have always been common in the private sector, where the difference between success and failure is often a matter of survival. http://www.heritage.org/Research/SmartGrowth/bg1995.cfm