According to a new report released by the Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG), in conjunction with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Smart Growth America, stimulus money invested in public transportation projects created twice as many jobs as highway projects. According to the report, What We Learned from the Stimulus, nationally every billion dollars spent from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on public transportation produced 16,419 job-months, as compared to 8,781 job-months for every billion spent on highway infrastructure.  In Colorado those numbers are 15,400 job-months produced for every billion spent on public transportation, as compared to 11,507 job-months for every billion spent on highway infrastructure. The report also states that public transportation projects tend to be more "shovel-ready." In fact, a higher percentage of ARRA transit investment has moved into the economy than spending for highways so far, and the speed of spending has varied little across public transportation and highway infrastructure projects, suggesting there is no reason to prioritize funding for highway projects rather than public transportation projects. To read the full report, click here.