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Roadbuilding
New survey says majority of Americans support usage fees to fix crumbling roads
A newly published survey reports that nearly two-thirds of Americans would support roadway user fees to help fix the countryâs crumbling transportation infrastructure, according to a report in Reuters. One of the options was to pay for the number of miles a vehicle travels, according to the survey of 1,002 Americans more than 18 years old that [âŚ]
May 2, 2016
Roadbuilding
Transportation Talk
I challenge you to challenge Congress to come up with a solution for our crumbling infrastructure.
September 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
Travel industry survey: âCrumbling infrastructureâ poses economic threat
The âcrumbling infrastructureâ in the U.S. threatens global competitiveness as well as job and economic growth, business leaders say. A survey conducted by Building Americaâs Future (BAF) and the U.S. Travel Association found that more than three-quarters of respondents said the state of the transportation infrastructure in the U.S. puts the nation at a competitive [âŚ]
May 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
So we leave the kids debt AND crumbling infrastructure?
Failure to spend $157 billion between now and 2020 to upgrade the U.S. infrastructure, including surface transportation, aviation, waterways, the electrical grid and sewers, could lead to losses of more than $3.1 trillion in gross domestic product and $1.1 trillion in total trade â as well as a loss of 3.5 million jobs, according to [âŚ]
January 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
What is vitally needed from our politicians is clear â give us an adequately-funded six-year surface transportation act, now.
November 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
What is vitally needed from our politicians is clear â give us an adequately-funded six-year surface transportation act, now.
November 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Financial District
Did your state âdonateâ (give more in fuel and other highway user taxes and fees) to Washington than it got back, or did you state get back more than it gave? PLUS âWe decry the decrepit state of our âcrumblingâ infrastructure, but we have yet to adopt legal rules needed to provide for its ongoing maintenance and repair.
September 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Financial District
Did your state âdonateâ (give more in fuel and other highway user taxes and fees) to Washington than it got back, or did you state get back more than it gave? PLUS âWe decry the decrepit state of our âcrumblingâ infrastructure, but we have yet to adopt legal rules needed to provide for its ongoing maintenance and repair.
September 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Financial District
Did your state âdonateâ (give more in fuel and other highway user taxes and fees) to Washington than it got back, or did you state get back more than it gave? PLUS âWe decry the decrepit state of our âcrumblingâ infrastructure, but we have yet to adopt legal rules needed to provide for its ongoing maintenance and repair.
September 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Financial District
A report from the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee indicates that the stimulus, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, created or sustained nearly 350,000 direct, on-project transportation and infrastructure jobs during the first year of implementation. Meanwhile, a new report looking at the movement of freight in America portrays a scary scenario if infrastructure in America remains stalled.
August 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Financial District
Delayed reauthorization costs keep adding up with no relief in sight, a six-year surface transportation bill, the gas tax and infrastructure maintenance are among the issues featured.
July 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes: Of pigs and other stories
One answer for the future is a long-term strategy that educates our children so that by the time they are voters they will have a very good understanding of the highway and bridge industry and be well aware of its needs.
June 1, 2010
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