According to Duke University (http://ow.ly/D0kan), our flawed national transportation investment strategy has cost America almost 1 million jobs, and left us with a $900 billion dollar transportation infrastructure backlog. Also, according to Duke University: the United States invests on average $848 per person annually on transportation compared to the European Union’s $2,589 per person; every $1 billion invested in transportation infrastructure creates 21,671 jobs; a long-term transportation bill of $114 billion annually would support upwards of 2.5 million American jobs and rebuild our underperforming infrastructure; and every dollar invested in transportation infrastructure returns $3.54 in economic impact.