Spending the Stimulus: How Pennsylvania Can Put Thousands Back to Work & Jump-start a 21st Century Transportation System

 The report, Spending the Stimulus, lays out 20 ways that officials in Pennsylvania can and should spend the federal funding on ready-to-go projects that will address long-neglected transportation priorities while providing speedy and robust job creation and economic recovery in Pennsylvania.   Some high-priority, job creating project types identified in the report include investments that:

• Repair roads, bridges, transit facilities, buses, rail tracks and stations
• Build complete streets that help everyone get around; support cars, buses, bikes and pedestrians; and expand safe routes to school
• Support public transportation to meet increased demand   
• Ease road congestion by providing more routing choices and diffusing traffic
• Support efforts to plan and coordinate transportation and development

For the press release for this report and the full report, please click on the links below.