Breaking down billions

Visual form

Two-frame treemap infographic sequence.

Layout / body structure

The chart is a slide sequence with the same poster layout repeated across two spending families. Reader sees a large treemap for each frame, with the total funding number at the top, the spending blocks in the center, and short explanatory notes arranged below the treemap for each category.

What is being compared

The sequence compares how new spending in the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is allocated across transportation in one frame and core infrastructure in the next. Within each frame it compares the major spending buckets inside that category family.

Measurement system

Each block is measured in billions of dollars, and the total frame amount is printed at the top as 284 billion for transportation and 266 billion for core infrastructure. Treemap area and the printed values together show how much each subcategory contributes to the total.

Visible structure inside the graphic

In the transportation frame, the biggest blocks are roads, bridges, and major projects at 110, passenger and freight rail at 66, airports, ports, and waterways at 42, public transit at 39, electric-vehicle infrastructure, buses, and transit at 15, safety at 11, and reconnecting communities at 1. In the core-infrastructure frame, the treemap shifts to power infrastructure and grid automation at 73, broadband at 65, water infrastructure at 55, environmental resiliency at 47, environmental remediation at 21, and other at 5.

Main takeaway from the visual

The law’s new spending is concentrated in a small number of large buckets rather than being evenly distributed. In both frames, a few oversized blocks dominate the treemap, so the page reads as a prioritization map of where the biggest infrastructure dollars are actually going.

Key standout values or extremes

Transportation is anchored by 110 billion for roads and bridges and 66 billion for passenger and freight rail, while its smallest labeled block is reconnecting communities at 1 billion. Core infrastructure is led by 73 billion for power infrastructure and grid automation, 65 billion for broadband, and 55 billion for water infrastructure, with other at just 5 billion.

Controls / sequence, when applicable

No user-controlled behavior appears in the published version; this is a fixed multi-frame image sequence.

Companion media, when applicable

There is no separate companion audio or video; the chart is the full visual on this page.