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The new highway bill, MAP-21: What’s in it for my...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 20, 2012

Jack Schenendorf We finally have a highway bill. After three years and nine extensions, Moving Ahead for Progress in the ...

The Hill: Obama to sign highway bill Friday

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 05, 2012

President Obama on Friday will sign the combined transportation, student loan and flood insurance bill at a White House event, ...

The new surface transportation bill gives us a cast...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 03, 2012

A two-year bill isn't the answer to the need for a long-term transportation bill, but it's better than short-term extension ...

The Other Side of the Glass Door

Posted by John Latta on Jul 02, 2012

I had a dog once that loved to sunbath indoors, resting beside a sliding glass patio door. Outside would come ...

Reauthorization — first glimpses, second guesses

Posted by John Latta on Jun 28, 2012

So compromise wins. So it should; that's what a Senate/House conference committees does. But looking at the first details of the ...

1,000 days without a transportation bill…a...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jun 26, 2012

We've reached a milestone today, but it's not one to celebrate or to be proud of. There will be no ...

You got a ‘D’? Well, that’s okay,...

Posted by John Latta on Jun 15, 2012

If your children come home with ‘D’ on their report cards, do you ignore it,accept it, because, hey, they look ...

Let’s say reauthorization was a simple thing

Posted by John Latta on Jun 10, 2012

It could be a really interesting week in the surface transportation reauthorization debate in the Congressional conference committee. If you step ...

FY13 funding for DOT released. Ouch!

Posted by John Latta on Jun 06, 2012

The House Appropriations Committee has released the fiscal year 2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill. Apparently the old ...

Drive Now, Pay Later.

Posted by John Latta on Jun 04, 2012

Interesting, basic approach to the argument for borrowing to build/maintain/repair our transportation infrastructure in the New York Times. Written by ...