Infrastructure 2007: A Global Perspective (PDF; 6.8 MB)
Source: Urban Land Institute, Ernst & Young
From press release:

The United States’ relatively low investment in virtually all aspects of mobility-related infrastructure—airports, public transit, railway systems, roads and bridges—is an “emerging crisis” that will compromise the ability of the nation’s cities to compete globally, according to a new report co-published by the Urban Land Institute and Ernst & Young.

Infrastructure 2007: A Global Perspective offers a comprehensive look at the status of current and planned infrastructure investment and development in a variety of categories in countries worldwide, with a particular focus on the United States, China, Japan, India, and Europe. The first of its kind, the report discusses the evolving infrastructure market, including private and combination public-private systems for funding, construction, operations and management.

The varied attitudes toward and approaches to infrastructure investment are reflected in different data provided in the report, such as: 1) Japan has 2,000 kilometers of high-speed rail and is building about 300 more kilometers by 2020; China is planning to build more than 2,500 kilometers of high-speed rail by 2020; the U.S. has about 300 kilometers, but is building none. 2) As of 2000, there were more than 750 cars per 1,000 people in the U.S.; in the U.K., just over 500 cars per 1,000 people; in China, less than 50 per 1,000 (although this number is rising, it still is far less than the U.S.). 3) Two of the ten most expensive infrastructure projects worldwide involving private investment are in France; the third most expensive is in the United States; none are in China.

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