21st Century Transportation for Arizona News Releases

A new report released by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund demonstrates that Americans have been driving less since the middle of last decade. The report shows that young people in particular are decreasing the amount they drive and increasing their use of transportation alternatives.

Statement of Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for Arizona PIRG, on the transportation reauthorization bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A first-of-its-kind report released today examines whether high-speed rail should be public, private or both. The report released by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund examines the experience with public-private partnerships for high-speed rail in the U.S. and other countries.  In addition to outlining the promise and pitfalls, the report recommends ten principles to protect taxpayers and the public interest under private financing deals.

Arizona drivers cross fewer troubled bridges than residents in most states, thanks to a “fix it-first” commitment to ensuring that existing roads and bridges are maintained before new ones are built, a new analysis of federal data shows.  In a ranking of bridges from worst to best, Arizona ranks 48th, meaning it has the best-maintained bridges of all but three other states.