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billion in transportation funding provided by the American Reinvestment andRecoverhy Act. According to its research, repair of highways and bridges actually creates more jobs more quicklyu thannew construction. While many states committed to spendinvg a majority of their stimuluas moneyon repairs, five did not: Ohio, Arkansas, Kansas and Kentucky. Thosee states allocated a majority of their moneh to expanding roads and Thereport entitled, “States and the however, was most critical of the fact that very littles of the transportation funding in any state has been allocatede to public transportation.
“Public transportation ridership is at all time highsa and drivingis down,” said Smart Growtnh American President Geoff Anderson. “The ARRA provided golden opportunities for states and metropolitaj planning organizations tomake game-changing plays and investf in transportation options ... unfortunately most of them arestriking Arizona, for instance, plans to spend abouy 5.2 percent of its $522 million in ARRA money on publi c transportation or non-motorized projects. That puts Arizona in line with the majorittyof states. States that are spendinvg more of their allocationes on public transportation include the Districtof 41.5 percent; Delaware, 27.
9 percent; Massachusetts, 19 Oregon, 16.7 percent; Iowa, 16.5 percent; 11.3 percent; Hawaii, 10.9 percent; 9.3 percent; Rhode Island, 7.5 percent; and Maryland, 6.1 When it comes to allocating highwah and road-specific money, Arizona is spending more on repairsa than new capacity, according to the Arizona plans to spend 57 percent of its highwauy money to preserve existing roads and bridges and 43 percentt on new highway infrastructure.
That comparesx with 11 states that are allocating all of their highwayg money to repairsand preservation: Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, New North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and States with money weighted to new highwayd rather than repair work are Kentucky, which plans to spen d 88 percent of its highway money on new roads; follower by Kansas, 86 Arkansas, 85 percent; Florida, 77 and Ohio, 52 percent. For www.smartgrowthamerica.org.