Public transit infrastructure receives 'D' grade in ASCE 2025 report card

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The U.S.’s public transit infrastructure received a ‘D’ grade in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. The rail category, which includes freight and passenger rail, declined to a grade of ‘B-’ due to safety concerns and capacity constraints.

Now in its eighth iteration, ASCE’s Report for America’s Infrastructure uses an ‘A’ to ‘F’ school report card form to evaluate 18 different categories of current infrastructure conditions and needs. The U.S.’s overall infrastructure received a ‘C’ grade, the highest grade given by ASCE since it began its report card in 1998.

While the transit category tied with stormwater for the lowest grade, transit’s rating did go up from the last report in 2021 when it received a ‘D-’ grade. ASCE cited increased funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) “helped bring transit investment to the forefront,” according to Carol Haddock, vice chair for ASCE’s Committee on America's Infrastructure.

“IIJA did provide a lot of new funding for transit agencies that helped a lot of transit agencies stay afloat, especially with less ridership after the pandemic. There is some state funding of course that's happening in different individual states, but for the nation overall, IIJA really provided a big boost,” Haddock said during a media briefing on the report card. .........(more)

https://www.masstransitmag.com/management/article/55277358/public-transit-infrastructure-receives-d-grade-in-asce-2025-report-card