America’s Infrastructure Score* in 2021: C–

FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 1 (2021)

Texas Transportation Researcher: Volume 57, Number 1

FROM VOLUME 57,
NUMBER 1 (2021)

“It’s vital — especially now, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when our economy needs all the help it can get — that Congress pass a bill aimed at rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure. Doing so will create many new jobs and continue to improve every system user’s quality of life. And research by my Texas A&M Transportation Institute colleagues will provide valuable solutions in meeting these challenges.”

Jean-Louis Briaud
President, American Society of Civil Engineers
Manager, TTI Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Program

Statistics: $3,300/year per-household cost to U.S. families resulting from poor infrastructure performance; $429B/year total dollars lost across all U.S. households.; $300B/year investment needed over 10 years to achieve an A rating for U.S. infrastructure; 6B gallons treated water lost daily (enough to fill 9,000 swimming pools); 43% public roadways in poor or mediocre condition; and 10,000 miles of levees, the location and condition of which are unknown (one-quarter of all U.S. levees).