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- Creators: Arizona Indicators (Project)
- Creators: Goddard, Terry
- Creators: Maricopa County (Ariz.). Department of Transportation
The State of the System Report is a compilation of the physical inventory and status of the Maricopa County Department of Transportation’s infrastructure. It addresses roadway congestion, traffic safety, low volume road paving, bridges, and pavement conditions. Also, included are recommendations for future improvements within each of the infrastructure categories. The SOS report has been produced annually since 1998.
Arizona’s total value of international exports as a share of gross product was 33rd highest among the 50 states and District of Columbia in 2012. Arizona ranked 36th for manufactured goods. In 1997, Arizona had ranked eighth overall and ninth for manufactured goods. The state’s large relative decline in export share can be traced to its sizable relative decrease in its manufacturing sector. In particular, the electronics manufacturing subsector’s share of total GDP has dropped considerably.
The success of school choice policies is most often measured by the number of students who leave their home school to take advantage of choice options. But what about the other side of the equation? What about students who stay in the same school, even though other options are available? New analysis by ASU scholar Dr. David Garcia reveals that reenrollment rates for Excelling schools are close to reenrollment rates for Failing/Underperforming schools.
The Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF), one of the primary sources of transportation funding, rapidly declined in available dollars at the end of the decade.