Tag: Transportation Secretary Foxx

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Foxx pushes for infrastructure investment during Tampa Interstate Study visit

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx toured the Tampa Interstate Study (TIS) this week, taking the opportunity to push for infrastructure investment, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced in a press release. The TIS is a $1.8 billion series of highway improvements in and around Interstate 4, State Route 60 and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway. Planning […]

May 21, 2014

Roadbuilding

Obama criticizes House GOP bill for major cuts to job-creating program

President Barack Obama said on Saturday that the House Republicans’ proposed budget would slash a job-creating program by 80 percent. The comment came during Obama’s weekly address at the White House, where he reiterated Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s warning that if Congress fails to pass a surface transportation reauthorization bill that addresses the nearly-insolvent Highway […]

May 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

Foxx on highway spending: ‘We need to move forward’

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday urged union workers to tell Congress that “we need to move forward” and increase highway spending, USA Today reports. Foxx’s comments came during a labor rally in front of AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. The rally was part of Infrastructure Week 2014. During the rally, Foxx urged attendees to […]

May 18, 2014

Roadbuilding

Pew charts display need for transportation investment

You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it increasingly more as September draws closer: The highways and infrastructure in the U.S. need greater investment. The current highway bill, MAP-21, will expire in September, and Congress is working to pass a new bill before that expiration date. The Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled this week to […]

May 5, 2014

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DOT Chief Foxx sends highway bill to Congress; bill reflects President Obama’s 4-year, $302 billion reauthorization proposal

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) announced on Tuesday that Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is sending a long-term transportation bill to Congress. Related: Foxx: Insolvent transportation system could cost 700k jobs The bill, dubbed the GROW AMERICA Act, is based on President Barack Obama’s 4-year, $302 billion transportation reauthorization proposal. Foxx said last week […]

April 29, 2014

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Obama to present Congress with proposed transportation reauthorization bill

President Barack Obama is preparing to present his proposed $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill to Congress. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on the DOT’s Fast Lane blog that the president plans to send a draft of the legislation to lawmakers, though no specific timetable has been presented. “Soon, the Obama Administration will do exactly […]

April 23, 2014

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Transportation Secretary Foxx expects next few months to be ‘rough’ for funding talks

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said on Monday that he expects the next few months of transportation infrastructure funding talks to be “rough,” The Hill reports. President Barack Obama last month introduced a $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill, and, according to The Hill’s report, he and Foxx are pushing for enactment of the bill before […]

March 11, 2014

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DOT seeks innovative transportation tools

The U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking innovative tools that address challenges in transportation and improve the transportation system. The DOT is offering a challenge to innovators to create web-based tools, data visualizations and mobile apps or to find innovative uses of technology that access publicly-available federal or local DOT datasets. The contest features three […]

February 27, 2014

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Sen. Boxer, Rep. Shuster, Transportation Secretary Foxx to talk Highway Trust Fund at AASHTO Briefing

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx are slated to speak at an event next week hosted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO). The three-day event, AASHTO’s annual Washington Briefing, will address transportation […]

February 20, 2014