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Roadbuilding

Cities rethink transportation due to drop in young drivers

As young Americans shy away from cars and lean more on alternative forms of transportation, state transportation leaders have begun to react.

May 15, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ford to add 2,000 jobs at Kansas City plant to produce Transit Van and meet “surging” F-150 demand

Ford has announced that it is adding more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in order to produce the new Transit work van and to keep up with the demand for its F-150 pickup. The Kansas City plant currently employs 2,450 workers working two shifts and a third crew will be added with […]

May 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Transportation experiences 28,000-job loss in March

Despite a decrease in national unemployment, the transportation sector experienced a decrease of 28,000 jobs in March, The Hill reported. Transportation employment decreased from 4,469,900 in February to 4,467,100 in March, marking the fourth consecutive month of transportation job losses. Transit and ground transportation saw the highest number of gains in March, with 470,300 jobs […]

April 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

The transportation infrastructure debate: it’s not us versus them

I suspect we will be reading/hearing/seeing a lot more of these Op-Ed pieces. As New Jersey works to untangle a chaotic Interstate interchange with a massive construction project, transit proponents say the work is basically a waste, or at least a woefully inefficient use, of a billion dollars. Their voice this time is the Philadelphia […]

April 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Waiting for DiMaggio

Is the automobile over? Scary thought if fuel taxes continue to be the single biggest contributor to our transportation infrastructure funding structure. And they’re not my words; it’s a headline from Motor Trend magazine last fall. I’m resurrecting this oldie here as part of an effort to look ahead to the coming reauthorization debate/fracas. Because […]

April 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Maryland senate panel members express concerns about use of gas tax funds

On Tuesday, members of the Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Committee questioned whether money from a proposed increase in the state’s gasoline tax would go toward mass transit instead of roads, the Washington Examiner reported. The legislation doesn’t specify how the $4.3 billion, which would be raised by 2019, is supposed to be used. If […]

March 27, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ford shows its new take on Transit commerical van design at Work Truck Show

Ford  Motor Company announced Tuesday at the NTEA Work Truck Show the introduction of the all-new Transit chassis cab and cutaway models, which it says is engineered to tackle an almost unlimited variety of specialized jobs and vocations. The company also unveiled the next-generation Transit Connect compact van/wagon. Tim Stoehr, commercial truck marketing manager for […]

March 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

For whom the toll bills

We know that one of the key reasons that raising the gas tax was never considered an option as legislators (read: re-electable politicians) knew that the public doesn't trust them to use additional tax money purely for highways and bridges,We know that one of the key reasons that raising the gas tax was never considered an option as legislators (read: re-electable politicians) knew that the public doesn't trust them to use additional tax money purely for highways and bridges,We know that one of the key reasons that raising the gas tax was never considered an option as legislators (read: re-electable politicians) knew that the public doesn't trust them to use additional tax money purely for highways and bridges,We know that one of the key reasons that raising the gas tax was never considered an option as legislators (read: re-electable politicians) knew that the public doesn't trust them to use additional tax money purely for highways and bridges,We know that one of the key reasons that raising the gas tax was never considered an option as legislators (read: re-electable politicians) knew that the public doesn't trust them to use additional tax money purely for highways and bridges,We know that one of the key reasons that raising the gas tax was never considered an option as legislators (read: re-electable politicians) knew that the public doesn't trust them to use additional tax money purely for highways and bridges,We know that one of the key reasons that raising the gas tax was never considered an option as legislators (read: re-electable politicians) knew that the public doesn't trust them to use additional tax money purely for highways and bridges

October 9, 2012

Roadbuilding

Amtrak’s post hammer-and-sickle years

Would Amtrak work if it was privately owned? In the end its not only the private nature of the ownership that’s important, it’s who that owner is. Private ownership, per se, is only part of the equation. So who in their right mind would want to own Amtrak? House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John […]

September 28, 2012

Safety

Florida Congressional hearing on major transportation bill today

House Transportation Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) conducted a Congressional field hearing today in Central Florida on pending major transportation legislation. This will be the only scheduled field hearing in Florida on the transportation bill. The Committee is conducting an extensive series of meetings across the country with state and local officials and transportation […]

March 14, 2011

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ARTBA: Mobilize to make highway, transit bill a ‘priority’

Dr. Pete Ruane, president and CEO of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), called the transportation industry to action today in a grassroots speech delivered via video on the association’s website. In the address, he urged transportation design and construction professionals to take advantage of the upcoming July 4 and August congressional breaks to provide to demonstrate strong grassroots […]

June 29, 2010

Safety

Rep. Duncan: Reauthorization stalled because no one can agree

U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN), Highways and Transit Subcommittee Ranking Member, told his colleagues during a hearing on using innovative financing practices to deliver surface transportation projects that the main reason that reauthorization has been stalled is because Congress continues to agree to disagree. Here’s his opening statement: “This is an important hearing […]

April 15, 2010