Facts & Quotes

Retrofitting public buildings to be greener would create as many as 800,000 jobs. Source: Political Economy Institute, 2008
Commercial and industrial buildings account for as much as 50% of US energy use. Source: U.S Energy Information Administration, 2000
Repairing existing roads and bridges creates 9% more jobs per dollar than building from scratch. Source: Surface Transportation Policy Project, 2004
Our nation is expected to grow by 100 million over the next 30 years. Source: American Road and Transportation Builders Association, 2008
Rolling blackouts and electrical grid inefficiencies cost an estimated $80 billion a year. Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2005
81% of Americans are willing to pay more in taxes to rebuild American infrastructure. Source: Luntz, Maslansky Strategic Research, 2009
45% of major urban highways are congested. Source: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009
America's poorest households spend more than 40% of take-home pay on transportation. Source: APTA: Changing the Way America Moves, Spring 2009
American households spend 17.6% of their budgets on transportation. Source: APTA: Changing the Way America Moves, Spring 2009
Traffic congestion tripled between 1982 and 2005. Source: The Brookings Institute: A Bridge to Somewhere, June 2008