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31 state chambers push for 5-year transportation bill

Several state chambers — 31, to be exact — are urging Congress to pass a five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. Related: LaHood: Congress will extend MAP-21 when current bill expires In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Penn.), chairmen of their respective transportation committees, and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and […]

March 26, 2014

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Obama’s transportation budget proposal: What it means for tribal lands

Last month, President Barack Obama proposed a $302 billion, 4-year transportation reauthorization bill. Since then, Transportation Secretary Foxx has examined how the proposal would affect one sector of transportation, pointing out that the proposal includes $2.5 billion for transit expansions. Now, a DOT official is looking at how the bill would affect one specific group […]

March 19, 2014

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TCC’s ‘Hardhats for Highways’ campaign urges Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund

A group of associations and labor unions is working to alert Congress to the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) — the main source of highway infrastructure funding, which could run out as early as August. The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) — an alliance of 29 associations and labor unions focused on federal […]

March 13, 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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Sen. Boxer anticipates Senate EPW to work on transportation bill by April

During last week’s hearing on MAP-21, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said she hopes the committee will have a new transportation authorization bill by April, according to AASHTO Journal. Boxer said having the bill before her committee at an early date would give the Senate Finance Committee plenty of time to […]

February 18, 2014

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Rhode Island transportation bill would raise $1 billion for highways, ban bridge tolls

A proposed bill to raise transportation for Rhode Island’s highways and infrastructure would also ban tolls on some bridges. The proposed legislation would raise more than $1 billion over the next 10 years, with those funds going to state transportation, WLNE reports. However, the report notes that the bill would also ban tolls on at […]

February 12, 2014

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Shuster responds to State of the Union: ‘We are still waiting for action’

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said Wednesday that President Obama failed to press critical transportation issues in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. Shuster said that, although the president has previously discussed the importance of infrastructure investments, he did little to address improvements. “I welcome the President’s interest in […]

January 30, 2014

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President Obama briefly addresses transportation in State of the Union

Tuesday night, President Obama gave his State of the Union address, which offered a chance for the president to present potential solutions for transportation and infrastructure funding. However, our sister site Overdrive points out that the president only briefly mentioned transportation in his speech. Instead bringing focus to nation’s deteriorating transportation system, Obama mentioned infrastructure […]

January 29, 2014

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Shuster urges transportation leaders to ‘educate’ lawmakers on funding needs

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) is urging transportation leaders to ‘educate’ lawmakers on what the industry needs in a new surface transportation funding bill. At the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s annual conference on Friday, Shuster, who is the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said he needs transportation leaders to help show lawmakers what will be […]

January 27, 2014

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Congress passes omnibus bill, includes $71.3 billion for transportation

The $1 trillion government spending bill for 2014 cleared Congress yesterday, providing a total of $71.3 billion for transportation spending. The bill passed in the Senate yesterday with a 72-26 vote, Politico reports. The House approved the bill earlier this week on a vote of 359-67. The bill provides $17.8 billion in discretionary appropriations and […]

January 17, 2014

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DOT Chief Foxx discusses plan to battle ‘infrastructure deficit’

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday shared the DOT’s plan for battling the “infrastructure deficit” at the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., our sister site Commercial Carrier Journal reports. At the meeting, Foxx noted that recent transportation funding solutions have been “short-term.” “It’s been ten years since we had a six-year […]

January 16, 2014

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Rep. Shuster wants transportation bill to hit House floor by August

House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said during the committee’s surface transportation hearing on Tuesday that he wants the new transportation funding bill to go to the House floor by August, The Hill reports. The current transportation bill expires in September. Shuster said he is aiming for August so it will have a […]

January 15, 2014