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From page 120... ... 120 Appendix B: Additional Industry Examples Appendix B Additional Industry Examples B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples Read the entire page →
From page 121... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 121 B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples Read the entire page →
From page 122... ... 122 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples For More Information Contact: Tom Sorel 651.366.4800 thomas.sorel@state.mn.us January 2011 A sustainable approach to infrastructure preservation and improvement $1 billion program Protect vital state asset Generate jobs Meet customer demand Promote prosperity Better Roads for a Better Minnesota May 2011 Background More than 750 miles of Trunk Highway (TH) roads in Minnesota are currently in "Poor" condition. Read the entire page →
From page 123... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 123 Falling Off The Cliff In Missouri Transportation Funding Read the entire page →
From page 124... ... 124 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples When Transportation Funding Hits Rock Bottom "If we do not have a new revenue stream in place by .ffilc eht revo og ew ,0102 a ni kcab su stup tahT place where our highway - ".gnitaroireted si metsys Missouri Department of Transportation Director Pete Rahn, June 28, 2007 The Ascent In 2004, Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 by an almost four-to-one margin. That move redirected some highway user fees to road construction and improvements. Read the entire page →
From page 125... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 125  Accelerating key projects – some by two to three years; and  Tackling $1.6 billion worth of much needed new construction. The Results  Missouri has gone from having the third worst pavement on major roads to an estimated ninth best. Read the entire page →
From page 126... ... 126 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples Amendment 3 bonding – With the passage of Amendment 3 in 2004, voters directed MoDOT to use the new revenue to issue bonds for construction in order to fix Missouri's roads fast. Now, future revenues will go to repay the bonds. Read the entire page →
From page 127... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 127 Construction Program The combination of these three factors – Amendment 3 bond proceeds running out, declining federal aid and rising costs - will cause the amount of money we spend on roads and bridges to fall off a cliff beginning in 2010. In 2008, our construction program will total $1.23 billion. Read the entire page →
From page 128... ... 128 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples Examples of Radical Cost Control Measures Practical Design - Projects are designed to fit specific needs, without the frills. Over the past three years Practical Design has saved nearly $500 million that has been reinvested in additional improvements. Read the entire page →
From page 129... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 129 Climbing Back Up the Mountain Funding Options Annual Yield One-cent motor fuel tax increase $41.5 million One percent motor fuel sales tax $72.5 million One percent general sales tax increase $700 million One percent motor vehicle sales tax increase $69.7 million One percent motor vehicle use tax $11.2 million $5 motor vehicle license fee increase $15.8 million $2 driver's license fee increase $1.8 million Estimated Highway Construction Costs Estimated cost to build a mile of major highway $4 – $12 million Estimated cost to rebuild Interstate 70 $3.1 billion Estimated cost to rebuild Interstate 44 $4.1 billion 20-Year Project Needs Road and bridge construction $16.3 billion Highway maintenance $11.8 billion Bridge maintenance $3.5 billion Public transportation, aviation, ports and rail $5.7 billion Total $37.3 billion Project needs over 20 years $37.3 billion Projected revenue over 20 years $19 billion Funding gap over 20 years $18.3 billion Federal and state fuel taxes are the primary source of transportation funding. The first state fuel tax rate was 2 cents per gallon, established in 1924. Read the entire page →
From page 130... ... 130 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples Keep Improving Missouri's Roads Kansas City Star July 5, 2007 . Read the entire page →
From page 131... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 131 American Society of Civil Engineers Read the entire page →
From page 132... ... 132 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples Read the entire page →
From page 133... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 133 A = Exceptional B = Good C = Mediocre D = Poor F = Failing AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE G.P.A. www.asce.org/reportcard tranSPortation 99 rEform the federal highway program to emphasize performance management, cost-benefit analysis, and accountability; DirEct federal transportation policies, programs, and resources to enhance U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 134... ... 134 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples 100 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure www.asce.org/reportcard ConDition Our nation's economy and our quality of life require a highway and roadway system that provides a safe, reliable, efficient, and comfortable driving environment. Although highway fatalities and traffic- related injuries declined in 2007, the drop is most likely attributable to people driving less. Read the entire page →
From page 135... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 135 Facts About RoADS 101www.asce.org/reportcard The lower end of the ranges reflect the estimated costs of maintaining key conditions and performance measures at current levels, while the higher end ranges would allow for an aggressive expansion of the highway system, which would provide improved conditions and performance in light of increasing travel demand.3 Even at the lower range of estimates, an enormous gap exists between the current level of capital investment and the investment needed to improve the nation's highways and roads. TABLE 11.1 ★ Top 10 Most congested cities in the U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 136... ... 136 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples 102 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure www.asce.org/reportcard RESiliEnCy The Interstate Highway System was constructed as part of the nation's strategic homeland defense, illustrating the important role of transportation in mitigation, defense and recovery. The ability of our transportation system to withstand threats from hazards of all types, both natural and human-caused, and to restore service promptly following such events, is known as resilience. Read the entire page →
From page 137... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 137 Facts About RoADS 103www.asce.org/reportcard FAIRFAx coUNTy, vA ★ I-495 virginia HoT Lanes Project Designed to help alleviate congestion on Virginia's busiest highway in the third worst congested region in the country, the I-495 High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes project will add 4 lanes to a 12-mile stretch of the Capital Beltway. Read the entire page →
From page 138... ... 138 Appendix B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples 104 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure www.asce.org/reportcard the use of emerging technologies and innovative operational strategies. Legislation to replace SAFETEA-LU, which expires on September 30, 2009, must address the following issues if it is to set the stage for the major reforms needed to ensure the viability of our surface transportation system. Read the entire page →
From page 139... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 139 Facts About RoADS 105www.asce.org/reportcard MILWAUKEE, WI ★ The Marquette Interchange Renovation By the early 2000s, the Marquette Interchange, which provides access to 37% of the state's jobs and links to onethird of the state's freeways, carried 300,000 vehicles per day and averaged three crashes daily. The $810-million improvement project -- which is ahead of schedule and under budget -- provides additional ramp lanes, increases ramp and merge distances, straightens curves, and places entrances and exits on the right-hand side of the highway to improve safety. Read the entire page →
From page 140... ... 140 Appendix B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples Read the entire page →
From page 141... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 141 TDOT Achieves 'Excellence in Pavement Preservation' News release from Department of Transportation: Nashville, TN - The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has been awarded the 2011 James B Read the entire page →
From page 142... ... 142 Appendix B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples Administration launches drive to create ‘Better Roads for a Better Minnesota' May 03, 2011 Smoother rides, thousands of private sector jobs are just some of the 4‐year program's benefits ST. Read the entire page →
From page 143... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 143 More details about the program as it develops will be available at http://www.dot.state.mn.us/betterroads FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR- 466-07 December 17, 2007 MAYOR BLOOMBERG MARKS FIVE-THOUSANDTH LANE-MILE PAVED As Paving Season Ends and Pothole Repair Season Begins, Mayor Reminds New Yorkers to Call 311 to Report Potholes Mayor Michael R Bloomberg today announced that Department of Transportation (DOT) Read the entire page →
From page 144... ... 144 Appendix B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples For Immediate Release Bay Area Pavement Conditions Stalled in Fair Territory "Pothole Report" Spotlights Strategies for Safer, Greener Roads; Cites Need for Funding June 2011 Contact: John Goodwin - 510.817.5862 Randy Rentschler - 510.817.5780 Theresa Romell - 510.817.5772 OAKLAND, CA, June 22, 2011 . Read the entire page →
From page 145... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 145 from 2009's lowest-in-the-region PCI score of 44) ; Larkspur, in Marin County (45) Read the entire page →
From page 146... ... 146 Appendix B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples 1.1.3 New Funding Needed to Avert Fiscal Pothole The potential benefits associated with these promising techniques are quite attractive, but with a regionwide average PCI score of 66, the Bay Area's city streets and county roads are already close to the tipping point on the pavement life-cycle curve, after which pavement may decline rapidly and repair costs increase. The Pothole Report states that "predictable, long-term funding is imperative if cities and counties are to travel toward a pothole-free future." At current funding levels, the report points out, pavement conditions in the region will deteriorate to an average PCI reading of 45 – in the "poor" range – by the year 2035. Read the entire page →
From page 147... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 147 The crucial connection between potholes and U.S. jobs Posted Wednesday, Aug. Read the entire page →
From page 148... ... 148 Appendix B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples less than five minutes. Bombardier operates and maintains similar systems throughout America, including at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Read the entire page →
From page 149... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 149 August 11, 2011 Transportation Spending Is the Right Stimulus China and Brazil are surpassing us with state-of-the-art ports and roads. By ED RENDELL And SCOTT SMITH During this time of economic uncertainty and record federal deficits, many question why America should invest aggressively in infrastructure. Read the entire page →
From page 150... ... 150 Appendix B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples China has invested $3.3 trillion since 2000, for example, and recently announced another $105.2 billion for 23 new infrastructure projects. Brazil has invested $240 billion since 2008, with another $340 billion committed for the next three years. Read the entire page →
From page 151... ... Communicating the Value of Preservation: A Playbook 151 Source: Building America's Future Educational Fund (www.BAFuture.org)    For Immediate Release: August 8, 2011 Contact: Laura Braden, 615‐891‐8433, lbraden@mercuryllc.com    Bipartisan Coalition Releases Infrastructure Report: "Falling Apart and Falling Behind" Details Declining State of American Infrastructure and How America is Lagging Behind International Competitors in Strategic Infrastructure Investments Outlines a Series of Recommendations for Crafting New Innovative Transportation Policies to Spur Economic Growth   WASHINGTON, DC – Building America's Future Educational Fund – a bipartisan and national  infrastructure coalition co‐chaired by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I‐NYC) Read the entire page →
From page 152... ... 152 Appendix B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples The report explains how international economic competitors are sprinting ahead of the U.S. and outlines  the case for creating a blueprint to transition to a high‐tech transportation network for the 21st century.  The report also contains many sobering statistics detailing how the U.S. is falling behind including:    • U.S. infrastructure has fallen from first place in the World Economic Forum's 2005 economic  competitiveness ranking to number 15 today;      • China now boasts six of the world's top ten ports – and none of the top ten are located in the  U.S.  The Shanghai port now moves more container traffic a year than the top seven U.S. ports  combined;     • The U.S. has the world's worst air traffic congestion -- a quarter of flights in the U.S. arrive more  than 15 minutes late, and the national average for all delayed flights in the U.S. (about 56  minutes)  is twice that of Europe's average;    • There are more than 15,000 miles of true high‐speed rail in operation around the world –  essentially none of which is in the U.S.;    • The U.S. is one of the only leading nations without a national plan for public‐private partnerships  for infrastructure projects or a National Infrastructure Bank to finance large‐scale projects and  leverage private capital.    The final section of the report is a set of recommendations for moving the economy forward through  strategic investments in infrastructure including:    • Develop a long‐term national infrastructure strategy that makes choices based on economics,  not politics.    • Pass a robust transportation bill that focuses investment on projects that will increase economic  return and mobility while reducing congestion and pollution. Such a bill will put Americans back  to work and make the U.S. more competitive in the global economy.    • Be both innovative and realistic about how to pay (including the establishment of a National  Infrastructure Bank) Read the entire page →

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... 120 Appendix B: Additional Industry Examples Appendix B Additional Industry Examples B-1: Brochure and Fact Sheet Examples B-2: Press Release and Op-ed Examples