The document discusses declining infrastructure investment in the United States. It reports that infrastructure, including aviation, bridges, dams, and more received poor grades from an infrastructure report card. The overall grade was a D. It would cost $2.2 trillion to improve US infrastructure. Infrastructure investment as a percentage of GDP has declined from over 3% in the 1960s to under 2% today, lower than many other developed countries.

1. Declining Infrastructure Investment
% of GDP
Source: KPCB report “USA Inc.”

2. Infrastructure Report Card
Aviation D
Bridges C
Dams D
Hazardous Waste D
Rail C-
Roads D-
School Buildings D
Solid Waste C+
Transit D
Wastewater D-
Overall D
Cost to Improve $2.2 Trillion
Source: American Society of Civil Engineers

3. 7
24
Source: World Economic Forum

4. 1.9%
0.7% 0.7%
Source: National Patterns of R&D Resources