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DOT continues to project Highway Trust Fund shortfall in August
The U.S. Department of Transportation maintains its projection that the Highway Trust Fund will shortfall in August, according to the latest update of the agency’s Highway Trust Fund Ticker. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx introduced the Ticker in January. It is designed to provide a monthly update on the HTF’s remaining balance. Last month, the DOT […]
May 14, 2014
Business
A pros-and-cons overview of available options for funding transportation infrastructure
The partial collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Seattle has put a big and bright spotlight on the need for more funding for transportation and infrastructure needs in this country. Now attention turns to the lawmakers tasked with figuring it out. During a meeting in Washington, D.C. of the Transportation […]
June 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
The pros and cons of transportation funding options
Following transportation funding discussions at this week’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In in Washington, D.C., Politico has reported the pros and cons of the four most popular money-raising options. Lawmakers at the Fly-In discussed four main options for funding infrastructure projects: implement a higher gas tax, enforce a vehicle-miles-traveled fee, expand oil and gas drilling […]
June 6, 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
Let’s start ramping up reauthorization pressure
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has, helpfully, stated the obvious. The CBO is essentially confirming for us that when reauthorization rolls about next September, MAP-21’s replacement, facing a nearly bankrupt Highway Trust Fund, will either have to dive into the General Fund (and fight with everyone else in Washington who has to dive into the […]
May 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
Celebrating 80 Years of Better Roads
From the mostly gravel roads that existed when the magazine was founded to today’s super highways, there has been extensive development, technology and building of local roads, state and federal highways and bridges during this time. Perhaps we can find a way to learn from the past.
November 10, 2011
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