1 . U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population, 1990 Census of Population, http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_submenuID=population_0&-sse=on, 2006.
2. See U.S. Department of Transportation, National Transportation Statistics 2006, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Washington, D.C.: U.S. DOT, 2006).
3. The Road Information Program, Key Facts About America's Road and Bridge Conditions and Federal Funding (Washington, D.C.: TRIP, March, 2006), http://www.tripnet.org/NationalFactSheetMarch2006.pdf.
4. Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2004, Annual Vehicle Distance Traveled in Miles and Related Data by Highway Category and Vehicle Type (Washington, D.C.: FHWA, 2005), http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohim/hs04/pdf/vm1.pdf.
5. U.S. Department of Transportation, National Transportation Statistics 2005, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Washington, D.C.: BTS, December 2005), Table 1-37; http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/2005/html/ table_01_37.html.
6. American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation Facts (Washington, D.C.: APTA, 2006), http://www.apta.com/media/facts.cfm.
7. Bob Stanley, Cambridge Systematics Inc., Funding Public Transportation (presentation at National Conference of State Legislatures Fiscal Analysts Seminar, Sept. 7, 2005).
8. Hudson Institute, 2010 and Beyond: A Vision of America's Transportation Future (Washington, D.C. and Noblesville, Ind.: Hudson Institute, 2004), 69.
9. Federal Highway Administration, Congestion Mitigation web page (visited May 12, 2006), www.fhwa.dot.gov/congestion/congest2.htm.
10. Hudson Institute, 2010 and Beyond, 90-91.
11. Ibid., 87.
12. Ibid., 92.
13. Ibid., 76.
14. Ibid., 77.
15. Ibid., 78.
16. Ibid., 77.
17. Charles Shewmake, BNSF assistant vice president, presentation at meeting of the Colorado Freight Advisory Council, Feb. 24, 2006.
18. Hudson Institute, 2010 and Beyond, 83.
19. Ibid.
20. U.S. Department of Transportation, National Transportation Statistics 2005, Table 1-26: Condition of U.S. Roadways by Functional System, http://www.bts.gov/cgibin/ breadcrumbs/PrintVersion.cgi?date=20170823.
21. Walt Fischer and Stephen Witte, Funding for Missouri's Highways, Report 16-2004 (2004), retrieved May 12, 2006, from University of Missouri System, Missouri Legislative Academy website: http://www.truman.missouri.edu/uploads/Publications/MLA%2016-2004.pdf.
22. U.S. Department of Transportation, National Transportation Statistics 2005, Table 1-27: Condition of U.S. Highway Bridges, http://www.bts.gov/publications/ national_transportation_statistics/2005/html/table_01_27.html.
23. TRIP, Key Facts About America's Road and Bridge Conditions.
24. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2004 Data, National Center for Statistics and Analysis (Washington, D.C.: NHTSA, 2004), 1.
25. Federal Transit Administration, 2003 National Transit Database, Table 25, Age Distribution of Active Vehicle Inventory, retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/NTDData.nsf/DataTableInformation?OpenForm&2003.
26. Federal Transit Administration, 2003 National Transit Database, Table 25, Age Distribution of Active Vehicle Inventory, http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/ NTDData.nsf/DataTableInformation?OpenForm&2003.
27. David Schrank and Tim Lomax, The 2005 Urban Mobility Report (College Park, Texas: Texas Transportation Institute, May 2005), 1.
28. Arnold Howitt and Jonathon Makler, On the Ground: Protecting America's Roads and Transit Against Terrorism (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, April 2005), cited in American Public Transportation Association, The Benefits of Public Transportation: Providing Safe and Secure Transportation; Ensuring America's Emergency Response (Washington, D.C: APTA., 2005), 3.
29. APTA, The Benefits of Public Transportation, 3.
30. American Public Transportation Association, Survey of United States Transit Security Needs and Funding Priorities - Summary of Findings (Washington, D.C.: APTA, April 2004), cited in APTA, The Benefits of Public Transportation, 3.
31. APTA, The Benefits of Public Transportation, 3.
32. APTA, Survey of United States Transit System Security Needs, in APTA, The Benefits of Public Transportation, 3.
33. Federal Highway Administration, Recommendations for Bridge and Tunnel Security, The Blue Ribbon Panel on Bridge and Tunnel Security (Washington, D.C.: FHWA, September 2003), 2.
34. Ibid.
35. Ibid.
36. Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, open letter dated Oct. 24, 2005 (Baton Rouge: Oct. 24, 2005).
37. Mississippi Department of Transportation press release, Mississippi Transportation Commissioners Testify in Washington, D.C. (Jackson: MDOT Public Affairs, Oct. 31, 2005), http://www.gomdot.com/newsApp/newsDetail.aspx?referrer=list&id=1031200584218.
38. Hudson Institute, 2010 and Beyond, 3.
39. Ibid.
40. Hudson Institute, 2010 and Beyond, 4.
41. Ibid.
42. Cambridge Systematics Inc., Future Highway and Public Transportation Finance, Phase 1: Current Outlook and Short-Term Solutions (Washington, D.C: National Chamber Foundation, 2005), 1.
43. Ibid.
44. Corina Eckl, State Budget Actions FY 2005 and FY 2006 (Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, 2006).