Dive summary:
- The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA)is making an argument in pure dollar terms for why the U.S. ought to keep supporting transportation construction projects.
- Social needs aside, the organization's chief economist, Alison Premo Black, used federal data to determine that transportation construction is the source of $354 billionin annual economic activity in the country.
- Black said the nation spent $120 billion on transportation construction last year, and that mushrooms through purchases and employment, which in turn produces tax revenue.
From the article:
To put these statistics and others into an easy-to-use format, ARTBA has launched transportationcreatesjobs.org, an interactive website featuring a clickable U.S. map that provides detailed statistics ....
