About ReConnectPA

Welcome to the ReConnectPA.org library. In this section you will find information about Pennsylvania's transportation network. There are a lot of challenges we are facing in building a 21st century transportation network in Pennsylvania. We urge you to familiarize yourself with these issues and to become involved in helping find a long-term, comprehensive solution that will improve the lives of every Pennsylvanian.

• Well Within Reach: America's New Transportation Agenda
  • Study shows what it will take to improve America's transportation infrastructure system.
    
    
• U.S. Chamber "Let's Rebuild America"
  • Congress and the administration have a full slate of critical transportation legislation to address, which provides an opportunity to bolster the United States' economic health and Americans' quality of life.
• TRIP Report: Future Mobility in Pennsylvania
  • Study updates the condition of roads and bridges in Pennsylvania.
    
    
• Transportation Advisory Committee Report
  • The Pennsylvania State Transportation Advisory Committee report listed annual funding needs for Pennsylvania's transportation infrastructure network at $3.5 billion.
    
    
• Infrastructure Investment Imperative
  • Infrastructure 2010: Investment Imperative has a simple thesis: We must start treating infrastructure like an investment.
• ARTBA Study: Doubling Transportation Investment
  • The Highway Education Foundation commissioned this study of the economic impact of doubling the highway investment in Pennsylvania.
• History of the Eisenhower Interstate System
  • In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed a National Interregional Highway Committee, headed by Commissioner of Public Roads Thomas H. MacDonald, to evaluate the need for a national expressway system.
• AASHTO Report on Unlocking Gridlock
  • This study makes the case for expanding capacity of our transportation infrastructure network.
• TRIP Research Report
  • TRIP - The Road Information Program - was founded in 1971 and does research on transportation systems throughout the United States.
• Report Card on Infrastructure
  • The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) rates our infrastructure needs and gives an overall grade of "D," saying it will take an investment of $2.2 trillion over the next five years to fix the problems.
• Lessons Learned About Interstate System
  • The first great lesson is that there are few really new issues.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Transportation is a vital part of the nation's economy. Business, consumer, and government spending on transportation represents 10% of Gross Domestic Product by most estimates.
• Road to Prosperity
  • This booklet outlines some the challenges faced in Pennsylvania in building an integrated, 21st Century transportation infrastructure network.
• National Surface Transportation Study Commission
  • Presents a comprehensive view of where we are, where we need to go, and what it will take to meet the transportation infrastructure needs of the future.
• Back to Basics
  • In order to retool the economy and generate balanced, robust job growth, the government should focus on rebuilding and enhancing the nation's energy, transportation and communications infrastructure.
• ARTBA - Critical Commerce Corridors
  • In order to retool the economy and generate balanced, robust job growth, the government should focus on rebuilding and enhancing the nation's energy, transportation and communications infrastructure.
• Video: A New Vision of the 21st Century - AASHTO
  • Presented at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2007 annual meeting.
• Pennsylvania Economy League Transportation Needs Study
  • In October 2006, PEL completed a benchmarking study of transportation funding and infrastructure conditions in Pennsylvania and five other states (OH, NJ, NY, MI, IL) to provide an objective review of state policy and funding practices.
• Report of Gov. Rendell's Transportation Funding and Reform Commission
  • In 2005, Governor Rendell authorized the formation of this commission, which reported its findings in November 2006.

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