Tag: Jim Oberstar

Roadbuilding

ARTBA names 2015 Transportation Development Hall of Fame honorees

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) named the latest members of its Transportation Development Hall of Fame during its recent national convention in Philadelphia, honoring three individuals. This hall of fame began in 2010 and recognizes those making “extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development” throughout their careers. It honors individuals or families. In […]

October 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

DOT headquarters could bear Jim Oberstar’s name

The U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters could bear a new name if on congressman’s efforts prove fruitful. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation that would name the building after Jim Oberstar, the former Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman who died May 3, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune reports. This is not the first time Lipinski […]

May 15, 2014

Roadbuilding

Former House Transportation Chairman Jim Oberstar dies at 79

Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), a transportation advocate and expert, died in his sleep Friday night, Politico reports. Oberstar, Minnesota’s longest-serving congressman, chaired the House Transportation Committee for four years during his 18 terms in Congress, which spanned from 1975 to 2011, according to a report from The Hill. The Politico report notes that Oberstar […]

May 6, 2014

Roadbuilding

Secretaries’ Day: A powerful meeting for transportation policy

Conferences come and conferences go but as conferences go this one could be really good. Six former U.S. transportation secretaries, who served under every president from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, will be among the participants in a conference held by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 29. […]

April 16, 2013

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Moves to slash project delivery time, red light cameras, a transportation infrastructure survey

March 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

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

Roadbuilding

Financial District: Doing the fuel tax two step

Controversial climate and energy tax may threaten reauthorization.

May 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

FHWA chief offers some thoughts: Tell a better story

By John Latta, Better Roads Editor-in-Chief, Onsite at the American Concrete Pavement Association annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Maybe Victor Mendez, head of the Federal Highway Administration, reads my column. Or maybe it’s his own idea. Either way, he is urging contractors and other industry stakeholders to do something I have been pushing for some time […]

December 3, 2009