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National Infrastructure Week Events Call for Funding, Fixes
APTA was among the nation’s organizations participating in the fourth annual National Infrastructure Week, May 16-23, to create greater awareness of the critical role of infrastructure systems in bolstering economic development and to call for funding to strengthen infrastructure systems, from public transportation to the electrical grid.
For public transportation specifically, according to FTA, there’s an $86 billion backlog in deferred maintenance and replacement needs with more than 40 percent of buses and 25 percent of rail transit assets in marginal or poor condition, a problem exacerbated by ridership growing by 37 percent since 1995.
Several APTA members conducted events in their communities focusing on state of good repair, and the association hosted a national media call during which several agency leaders participated along with Acting President & CEO Richard White.
“This track record of inadequate investment impacts transit systems of all sizes, from our largest and oldest systems to small and medium-sized transit systems,” White said during the call. “It’s time for our country to have a straight-talk conversation about the consequences of inadequate investment. It’s time to rebuild, renew and expand one of America’s most valuable assets: the nation’s public transportation systems,” he added.
See below for a summary of some members' events and the Commentary section for a summary of members’ comments from the call.
APTA also is providing agency-specific fact sheets highlighting the impact of inadequate investment in transportation infrastructure. See the fact sheets and listen to the audio of the media call here.
National Infrastructure Week is a nonpartisan coalition of more than 100 organizations. This year’s event brought together such diverse groups as trade associations, labor unions, policy organizations, city and county governments and business leaders.
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