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At 237.8 billion miles in January, American driving habits underscore the need for long-term transportation funding

Americans drove an estimated 237.3 billion miles in January, nearly 5 percent more than the same month last year, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) most recent monthly “Traffic Volume Trends” report. “These data make it clear that traffic volumes are growing nationwide,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “To keep our highways safe […]

March 31, 2015

Roadbuilding

How much capacity is too much?

Last summer, I was shocked to receive an email blast from the Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) urging the state to quit spending on highway expansion projects and invest that money instead in public transportation. The rationale for this campaign was PIRG’s finding that vehicle miles travelled (VMT) per lane mile have been flat […]

October 9, 2014

Roadbuilding

Move over gas tax: California could move to VMT fee

California is considering switching from a state gas tax to a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) fee, our sister site Overdrive reports. The state’s Senate approved SB 1077 this month. The legislation would require the California Transportation Agency (CTA) to create a voluntary user fee pilot program by 2016, but CTA would not be allowed to collect fees. […]

June 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

5 Options for Avoiding Highway Trust Fund Insolvency

The current surface transportation bill, MAP-21, is set to expire in September, and lawmakers are scrambling to reauthorize funding before that deadline. However, a larger problem is expected to arise up to two months before MAP-21’s expiration: the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the primary source of project funding, is expected to completely run out of […]

April 11, 2014

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ARTBA: VMTs are rebounding

Vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) are on the rise, despite reports that American’s are driving less, according to a memo the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) released Friday. ARTBA points to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data that show U.S. VMTs were up 0.3 percent in 2012 and 0.6 percent in 2013. The association notes […]

March 24, 2014

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Shuster, Boxer say highway bill is about jobs

Rep Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), both chair of their respective chamber’s transportation committee, on Thursday each reiterated President Obama’s message that the new highway bill is about job creation and retention, according to our sister site, Commercial Carrier Journal. Speaking to attendees at the 2014 American Association of State Highway and […]

March 2, 2014

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U.S. VMTs drop 7 percent in last decade

Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States has declined by 7 percent in the last 10 years, with 46 states contributing to the decrease, according to a report from The Hill. The figures come from a study conducted by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), which found that the number of miles driven […]

September 2, 2013

Roadbuilding

We know where you were last night: VMT a bad idea, says professor

It’s really all about privacy. Or is it? Mark J. Perry, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, says a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee is a bad idea. He says, “One feature of the VMT tax is that it would require some way to […]

August 6, 2013

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VMT is here!

Oregon replaces state gas tax with “pay per-mile road usage charge”

July 15, 2013

Roadbuilding

Trains a’comin’

Think of all those Western movies, then the robber barons, then the blues singers, the other movie makers (‘night time, dark, raining, wind howls, a train whistle blows in the distance’), then the rock singers. Trains, they all loved trains. And trains were part and parcel of the American fabric for what seemed like forever. […]

December 18, 2012

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Financial District

A Virginia think tank report may shape our next SAFETEA-LU, and no more ARRA funds for new projects (but payouts still going).

December 1, 2010

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RoadWorks

A mileage-bsed revenue system is possibly by 2015, Buffalo highways, a new editor for Better Roads and Tennessee is King of the Roads are some of the stories featured.

March 1, 2010