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  • Home
  • Economic Benefits
    • Attract and Maintain Talent
    • Business and Commerce Growth
    • Economic Expansion
    • Increased Property Value
    • Job Growth
    • Labor Force Participation
    • Local Economic Revitalization
    • Reduced Congestion
    • Reliability
    • Tourism
  • Quality of Life Benefits
    • Accessibility
    • Active Lifestyle
    • Affordability
    • Attractiveness
    • Community Health
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Equity
    • Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation
    • Heritage Conservation
    • Housing
    • Land Use Planning and Conservation
    • Noise
    • Resilience
    • Safety
    • Shortened Travel Time
  • Find Your State
  • Read the Report
  • Resources
    • Transportation Is: Video Stories
    • EconWorks
    • Surface Reauthorization
  • Michigan,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Shortened Travel Time

    MDOT: Flexing Our Innovation Muscle

    Transportation departments across the country are stretching scarce resources to make tangible gains in safety and efficiency. Michigan is no different and the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) US-23 Flex Route project is…

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  • Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Shortened Travel Time,  Virginia

    495 Express Lanes

    The nearly $2 billion, 14-mile, 495 Express Lanes on the Capital Beltway opened in November 2012 outside of Washington, D.C. This public-private partnership project between the Commonwealth of Virginia and Transurban was the…

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  • Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Shortened Travel Time,  Virginia

    95 Express Lanes

    This $925 million public-private partnership on Interstate 95 in the Commonwealth of Virginia opened to traffic in December 2014. The project converted existing reversible high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on Interstate 95 in…

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  • Illinois,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Shortened Travel Time

    Remaking Passenger Rail in Illinois

    A project to increase speeds on the most popular Amtrak route in the Midwest has provided the Illinois Department of Transportation a unique opportunity to grow ridership, transform communities and improve quality of…

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  • Georgia,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Shortened Travel Time

    Northwest Corridor Express Lanes Give Motorists Back Time in Their Day

    The Georgia Department of Transportation and Atlanta-area commuters and motorists recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes in northwest metro Atlanta by reflecting on the significant quality of life…

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