Transportation officials are pleased that Congress is nearing approval of legislation to continue federal highway and transit programs for the next 12 months. But they are quick to add that the one-year extension, with only flat funding, is far from their goal of a well-funded long-term surface transportation measure.
As a new American Society of Civil Engineers report shows, if highway and transit funding remains constant, the gap between expenditures and surface transportation capital needs will only continue to climb.