Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Report Card for America’s Infrastructure depicts the condition and performance of American infrastructure in the familiar form of a school report card—assigning letter grades based on the physical condition and needed investments for improvement.
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Transit in America continues to grow, carrying 10.5 billion trips in 2015, and adding new lines and systems every year, yet the symptoms of overdue maintenance and underinvestment have never been clearer. Despite increasing demand, the nation’s transit systems have been chronically underfunded resulting in aging infrastructure and a $90 billion rehabilitation backlog.
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Drinking water is delivered via one million miles of pipes across the country. Many of those pipes were laid in the early to mid-20th century with a lifespan of 75 to 100 years. Meanwhile, the nation’s 14,748 wastewater treatment plants are the most basic and critical infrastructure systems for protecting public health and the environment.
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Poor infrastructure impacts every American. The lack of consistent funding results in businesses, workers, and families paying $9 per day things like increased travel time, higher manufacturing costs, and unreliable utilities. Investment is needed to close the gap and improve America’s economic future.
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America Scores a D+
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The 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gives our nation a D+ across 16 infrastructure categories #InfrastructureMatters
Fix the Trust Fund
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#FixTheTrustFund to put us on a road to better transportation! #InfrastructureMatters