Wonk Heaven - 2: Transport Stats from the U.S.

A bundle of useful info from this – The Pocket Guide to Transportation - from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Like what governments spend on highways and transit:

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And what revenues they get from highways and transit:

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Let the interpretations begin.  (Like expenditures going up for highways, revenues going down.  For transit, both going up.)  And look at how the feds cut transit expenditures in 2007.

UPDATE: Eric Doherty provides a comparative link for Canadian spending on transit -

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