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... Adequate investment in transportation infrastructure by the public and private sectors is essential for ongoing and future prosperity and a thriving society. Finding revenue sources to supplement or replace the roughly $100 billion annually from motor fuels taxes is particularly important as an increasing share of motor vehicles shift to electric drive.
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... National Transportation Statistics Table 3-23. that have ranged from 15 to 20 percent less than the average for all occupations since 2005.186 Notable trends in employment include the relatively large and fast growing shares of jobs in warehousing and couriers and messengers (see Figure 18)
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... However, as part of the efforts needed to shift to renewable energy sources and adopt EVs, overall employment in motor vehicle manufacturing and fossil fuel production for transportation may fall even as other manufacturing and blue-collar jobs associated with the energy transition expand.188 Labor strikes in automobile manufacturing at the time of this writing in October 2023 reflect worker concerns about lower compensation in EV and battery factories.189 Nearly all sectors have slowly rebounded from declines in labor force participation during the COVID-19 pandemic.190 Among modal operators, 46 | critical issues in transportation for 2024 and beyond
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... Congress intervened in late 2022 to avoid a nationwide strike of railroad workers.193 The forced settlement raised average wages by 24 percent over 5 years but did not address workers' concerns about inadequate sick leave, although major railroads and unions subsequently negotiated to address these concerns. Airlines report that they are unable to operate as many flights as passengers demand because of a pilot shortage.194 At the same time, pilot unions argue that entry-level pay and working conditions are unattractive to the thousands of trained and certified pilots who are not actively employed as such.195 As noted in the Economy section above, the deregulation of the trucking industry increased productivity but at a high cost to workers.
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