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FHWA proposes emissions measurements to gauge success of transportation projects
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would measure the success of transportation projects based upon greenhouse gas and other air emissions. According to an announcement from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), under the proposal, states would be required to monitor, report, and set targets for improving performance by measuring [âŚ]
April 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
How Nevada maintains the lowest number of deficient bridges in the U.S.
Nevada has the lowest number of deficient bridges in the nation, according to recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data. The data show that the state has a mere 36 deficient bridges, while most other states maintain hundreds or thousands of deficient bridges. The only other state with less than 100 deficient bridges is Delaware, with [âŚ]
May 1, 2014
Roadbuilding
Itâs Not Just the Money
Fifteen years and three transportation bills later, Congress and the industry are still refining the project streamlining process.
August 7, 2013
Roadbuilding
Transportation Infrastructure Funding: Efficiency is necessary but not sufficient
Itâs a case of on the one hand/on the other hand. New Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is saying that his department is âworking to improve the efficiency and performance of our existing transportation systemâ and is âdoing so in an era when we must work harder than ever to stretch our transportation dollar.â He [âŚ]
July 26, 2013
Roadbuilding
New tolls on old interstates? Almost unthinkable.
The issue of tolling existing interstates isnât going away. Itâs not popular and itâs down in the âslim and noneâ chances category in most analyses. But with highway funding hopelessly inadequate and no new source on the short-term horizon, this issue will linger. It will raise its head as MAP-21 winds down and heads into [âŚ]
July 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
Funding talks on The Hill lay groundwork for reauthorization
Debriefing a number of contractors and agency folk who spent most of the daylight hours yesterday talking to politicians on The Hill last night was not a very uplifting experience. They had gone to talk to members of Congress who are influentialâsome big-time, some not soâin funding transportation infrastructure. And most said they heard what [âŚ]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
An Occasional Series: One 2 One with some of the most interesting people in the business
FHWA Administrator Victor Mendez talks to Editor-in-Chief John Latta.
January 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
A key question is how to engage citizens to be interested in transportation infrastructure projects.
January 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
A New Yearâs resolution for the nation: Take care of your crumbling infrastructure
Itâs âI told you soâ time! A recent Washington Post report noted that bridges in Washington, D.C., are falling apart faster than they can be repaired and there just isnât the money to repair them. This isnât a news flash to the highway and bridge construction industry â i.e. our engineer readers and highway contractors. [âŚ]
January 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Fifty-state âVehicle Miles Traveledâ tax/fee/charge study proposed
Will your vehicle one day feel like a taxi cab? Oregon Democrat representative Earl Blumenauer has introduced legislation that would fund a 50-state Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) pilot program to examine a new source of highway funding.  The legislation calls on the Secretary of the Treasury to undertake a series of studies to demonstrate the viability [âŚ]
December 17, 2012
Roadbuilding
Whispering the T Word
TAX! Nothing like shouting a three-letter word ending in X to get your attention. But no, weâre not talking income tax. The gas tax is back on a table in Washington. The 18.3 cents a gallon tax, un-indexed and unchanged in almost 20 years, is the now inadequate basis of our highway system funding. Itâs [âŚ]
December 5, 2012
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
Get politicians out to the noisiest, dirtiest, nastiest job site you have.
December 1, 2012
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