Critical Reasoning

Politician: The surface transportation bill will finance highway, bridge and public transportation projects. This bill includes significant reforms to modernize federal transportation programs, it introduces performance measures and targets to improve accountability, it expands innovative financing programs to leverage limited federal resources, and it consolidates programs by two-thirds to increase efficiency and flexibility for states and cities. Consequently, our citizens can expect a noticeable improvement in our nation's transportation infrastructure.

Which of the following would it be most useful to know in determining whether the impact from the new legislation would be noticeable to the public?

A) Will the legislation actually increase the amount of financing that "transportation alternative" projects such as bicycle and pedestrian pathways receive?

B) Will the new projects in the bill be of a sizable scale for the public to reasonably detect its impact?

C) Will the bill comply with environmental laws and federal permitting requirements?

D) Will the new projects help improve transportation management by local governments, including states and municipalities?

E) Will the new projects be likely to run over budget?

OA B

Source: EMPOWERgmat