How $4 Gas Is Killing the Middle Class
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the New America Foundation's Energy Trap project surveyed more than 2,000 households on their transportation spending. The preliminary findings were developed into video stories and an interactive website.
Danger Zones: 1 in 9 Bridges Called "Deficient"
James Corless, the Campaign Manager for Transportation for America — a grantee of the Rockefeller Foundation — is featured in this NBC Nightly News segment discussing the dire state of America's bridge infrastructure.
Transportation is a critical issue because it is woven into almost every aspect of our existence. The kind of transportation we invest in determines the shape of our communities, our access to jobs and services, and how much of our time and money we spend on getting around. It also determines the cost of goods and the extent to which we use up diminishing energy supplies and produce emissions that warm the earth.
In the United States at every level of government, too little attention is paid to getting a return on transportation investments or maintaining the infrastructure we already have so we can grow sustainably and affordably.
Transportation infrastructure does not just move people from one place to another; it is a path to the American dream.
We are at a tipping point for change in transportation policy in the United States. Comprehensive federal transportation legislation must be reauthorized very soon. The financing mechanism for federal funding has collapsed, necessitating a new approach.
In addition, global warming, energy insecurity, and anxiety about economic competitiveness are all converging to force policymakers to generate a new vision.
