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  • Pension Solvency Overview: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) Of Texas
    Pension Solvency Overview: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) Of Texas

    The Teacher Retirement System of Texas reported an unfunded pension liability of $35.4 billion in 2017.

    Policy Brief by Zachary Christensen, Leonard Gilroy, Steven Gassenberger and Vance Ginn December 14, 2018

  • Nebraska’s Growing Municipal Pension Funding Challenges
    Nebraska’s Growing Municipal Pension Funding Challenges

    Omaha and Lincoln have made progress in addressing pension issues in recent years, but unfunded liabilities are likely to continue to grow and harm city finances.

    Policy Brief by Zachary Christensen and Jordan Campbell March 22, 2021

  • Pension Reform for the New Normal Economy—Examining Colorado’s Successful Model
    Pension Reform for the New Normal Economy—Examining Colorado’s Successful Model

    Colorado's 2018 pension reforms put the state on track to have its public employee retirement system fully funded in 30 years.

    Policy Study by Zachary Christensen October 19, 2020

  • Best practices in optional defined contribution plans for public workers
    Best practices in optional defined contribution plans for public workers

    Governments expanding their retirement options can offer better benefits to employees and slow the growing costs caused by unfunded public pension liabilities.

    Policy Study by Zachary Christensen October 23, 2024

  • Working paper: Best practices in optional defined contribution plans
    Working paper: Best practices in optional defined contribution plans

    With the proliferation of unfunded pension liabilities among U.S. governments, optional defined contribution plans can serve as valuable risk mitigation solutions.

    Working Paper by Zachary Christensen September 27, 2024

  • Public Pension Glossary
    Public Pension Glossary

    Understand what pension terms and phrases mean

    July 1, 2021

  • New York Airport Pricing
    New York Airport Pricing

    Frequently Asked Questions

    November 1, 2007

  • 21st Annual Highway Report Graphics
    21st Annual Highway Report Graphics

    September 18, 2014

  • California Ranks 43rd in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
    California Ranks 43rd in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

    California’s best rankings are overall fatality rate, structurally deficient bridges and urban fatality rate.

    August 22, 2019

  • West Virginia Ranks 16th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
    West Virginia Ranks 16th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

    West Virginia’s best rankings are total disbursements per mile, traffic congestion and capital and bridge disbursements per mile.

    August 22, 2019

  • Pennsylvania Ranks 35th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
    Pennsylvania Ranks 35th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

    Pennsylvania’s best rankings are in rural fatality rate, overall fatality rate and urban fatality rate.

    August 22, 2019

  • Maintenance Disbursements Per Mile
    Maintenance Disbursements Per Mile

    Maintenance disbursements comprise about 16.8 percent of total disbursements, totaling $23.33 billion in 2016, about 2.3 percent more than in 2015.

    August 22, 2019

  • Urban Highway Fatality Rate
    Urban Highway Fatality Rate

    The nation’s urban highway fatality rate worsened from 0.70 in 2015 to 0.77 in 2016.

    August 22, 2019

  • Oregon Ranks 12th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
    Oregon Ranks 12th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

    Oregon’s best rankings are in rural arterial pavement condition, structurally deficient bridges and rural Interstate pavement condition.

    August 22, 2019

  • Missouri Ranks 3rd in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
    Missouri Ranks 3rd in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

    Missouri’s best rankings are in capital and bridge disbursements per mile, total disbursements per mile and administrative disbursements per mile.

    August 22, 2019

  • Total State Highway Disbursements Per Mile
    Total State Highway Disbursements Per Mile

    In total, the 50 states disbursed about $139.0 billion for state-owned roads in 2016, a 4.1 percent decrease from $145.0 billion in 2015.

    August 22, 2019

  • Kansas Ranks 6th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
    Kansas Ranks 6th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

    Kansas’ best rankings are in rural arterial pavement condition, rural Interstate pavement condition and urban arterial pavement condition.

    August 22, 2019

  • Louisiana Ranks 34th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
    Louisiana Ranks 34th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

    Louisiana’s best rankings are in administrative disbursements per mile, rural fatality rate and total disbursements per mile.

    August 22, 2019

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