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Obama discusses gas mileage standards in climate change speech
President Obama discussed higher standards for automobile gas mileage yesterday in his climate change policy speech, which took place at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., according to a report from The Hill. Obama said the climate proposal he unveiled is based on the requirement that cars get a minimum of 54.5 miles per gallon by […]
June 26, 2013
Roadbuilding
Inhofe: Obama’s $500 billion to $600 billion reauthorization bill “not going to happen”
Oklahoma conservative Republican Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who has “been through,” as a he puts it, eight reauthorization bills, said after hearing outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood say President Obama’s goal was $500 billion to $600 billion long-term reauthorization bill: “It’s not going to happen.” But, he said, a long term, well-funded bill is […]
June 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
America’s supertrains are running late
Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga high speed rail unit? Or maybe we’re riding on the bullet train they call the City of New Orleans? We have our old trains. But will new high speed trains on high speed tracks replace them, and in doing so make the future of intercity travel less road […]
June 3, 2013
Business
AED and 17 construction industry groups call for House to support approval of Keystone XL pipeline
In a letter addressed to Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, the Associated Equipment Distributers and 17 other construction industry associations and unions called for the House of Representatives to approve a bill that would negate the need for President Barack Obama to sign off on the […]
May 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
Obama signs memorandum to expedite infrastructure projects
President Obama on Friday signed a Presidential Memorandum intended to decrease review and approval times for major infrastructure projects, according to WhiteHouse.gov. The memorandum, “Modernizing Federal Infrastructure Review and Permitting Regulations, Policies, and Procedures,” follows a March 22 Executive Order that launched a government-wide initiative aimed at expediting the federal review and permitting of infrastructure […]
May 20, 2013
Roadbuilding
Senate committee on transportation to move quickly on Foxx nomination, Rockefeller says
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) said Monday that his panel would move quickly to hold a confirmation hearing on President Obama’s nomination of Anthony Foxx as the next Secretary of Transportation, The Hill reported. Though Rockefeller pushed for National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman as the nominee for transportation […]
April 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
Obama expected to nominate Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary
President Obama is expected to nominate Anthony Foxx, mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, as his new transportation secretary today, USA Today reported. If the Senate approves, Foxx will replace Ray LaHood. Foxx has led several transit infrastructure efforts in his city, including the Charlotte Streetcar Project, a third parallel runway at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport […]
April 29, 2013
Roadbuilding
Obama’s budget leaves out funding for transportation projects, Shuster says
On Wednesday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Representative Bill Shuster said President Obama did not include a way to pay for the transportation projects in his proposed budget, The Hill reported. The proposed budget calls for $50 billion in infrastructure spending, including $40 billion for a “Fix It First” program, as well as $77 million […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Obama’s FY2014 transportation budget: B+, maybe
Just what does transportation infrastructure get out of the President’s FY2014 budget? To be sort of ho hum about it, it’s what I think we expected; it’s okay but it doesn’t change much and it doesn’t knock your socks off. It could have been worse, it could have been seriously underfunded. Instead it’s got some […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Obama’s 2014 budget provides $50 billion increase in infrastructure spending
President Barack Obama on April 10 presented Congress with a $3.8 trillion budget plan for the 2014 fiscal year, which includes $50 billion for infrastructure spending, according to the Associated Press. The $50 billion is intended for infrastructure investments and includes $40 bllion for a “Fix It First” effort. Fix It First is meant to […]
April 10, 2013
Business
Congressional transportation funding talks at a stalemate
With the expiration of of the MAP-21 transportation bill coming in September of next year, congressional talks about how to increase transportation funding are at a stalemate, reports our sister publication Better Roads. Since its passing last summer, MAP-21 has been seen as only a temporary fix for the problem of transportation funding. Renewed focus […]
March 26, 2013
Business
America’s infrastructure given D+ grade by ASCE
America’s infrastructure has been the topic of many conversations lately—few, if any, of them good. President Barack Obama said U.S. infrastructure is “badly in need of repair” during the most recent State of the Union address and has proposed a “fix-it-first initiative to, well, fix the problem. Even outgoing Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood has called U.S. […]
March 21, 2013
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