2013 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance: Report to Congress

2014PDFTech ReportHighwaysBridgesPublic transitCondition surveysStructural health monitoringUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationThis is the tenth in a series of combined documents prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to satisfy requirements for reports to Congress on the condition, performance, and future capital investment needs of the Nation\u2019s highway and transit systems. This report incorporates highway, bridge, and transit information required by 23 U.S.C. \ua7503(b)(8), as well as transit system information required by 49 U.S.C. \ua7308(e). Beginning in 1993, the Department combined two separate existing report series that covered highways and transit to form this report series; prior to this, 11 reports had been issued on the condition and performance of the Nation\u2019s highway systems, starting in 1968. Five separate reports on the Nation\u2019s transit systems\u2019 performance and conditions were issued beginning in 1984.This 2013 Status of the Nation\u2019s Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance report to Congress (C&P report) draws primarily on 2010 data, which reflect funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (Pub.L. 111\u20135). The 2010 C&P Report, transmitted on March 15, 2012, was based primarily on 2008 data.In assessing recent trends, many of the exhibits presented in this report present statistics for the 10 years from 2000 to 2010. Other charts and tables cover different time periods depending on data availability and years of significance for particular data series. The prospective analyses presented in this report generally cover the 20-year period ending in 203078