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Business
25% of U.S. bridges declared deficient in 2012
According to a report from our sister site Better Roads, 25 percent, or 151,845 of all U.S. bridges were classified as deficient in 2012. Those numbers were a part of theĀ U.S. Government Accountability Office ās(GAO) testimony last week before the Senate Commitee on Appropriationsā Subcomittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Better [ā¦]
June 18, 2013
Business
Recent talks suggest Congress has put transportation funding on the back burner
After attending last weekās Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) fly-in visit with Congress, John Latta, the editor of our sister site Better Roads, writes that the overall feeling among the contractors and agencyĀ officialsĀ that were there is that lawmakers do not share their sense of urgency about securing funding for transportation infrastructure. āA common theme they heard [ā¦]
June 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
The pros and cons of transportation funding options
Following transportation funding discussions at this weekās Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In in Washington, D.C., Politico has reported the pros and cons of the four most popular money-raising options. Lawmakers at the Fly-In discussed four main options for funding infrastructure projects: implement a higher gas tax, enforce a vehicle-miles-traveled fee, expand oil and gas drilling [ā¦]
June 6, 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 influentialāsome big-time, some not soāin funding transportation infrastructure. And most said they heard what [ā¦]
June 6, 2013
Business
LaHood expects big Obama announcement on transportation, comments on I-5 bridge collapse
During a recent talk before theĀ Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) in Washington, D.C., outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told those in attendance to expect a big announcement from President Barack Obama later this year concerning transportation infrastructure. āOnce we get past immigration, guns, the sequester, I think the President is going to be big and bold [ā¦]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Majority of Americans want tax dollars used for public transportation
Americans want to see increased funding for public transportation, according to survey data released this month from the American Public Transportation Association and the Mineta Transportation Institute. The results showed that 73.6 percent of respondents strongly supported use of taxes āfor creating, expanding, and improving public transportation.ā A year ago, 69 percent of respondents agreed. [ā¦]
June 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Over the Top: Funding some D.C. tunnel work
Iām always looking for interesting ways to fund transportation infrastructure and today I come across this one in Washington, D.C. While speaking to American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Federal Issues program in Washington D.C., District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Chief Engineer Nick Nicholson talked about a project that does a lot for the [ā¦]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood encourages Great Lakes governors to push for five-year transportation bill
At a summit of the Council of Great Lakes Governors on Saturday, outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood encouraged governors in the Great Lakes area to increase transportation funding pressure on Congress, The Detroit News reported. LaHood urged the governors to push for a five-year transportation funding bill with new revenues. He said the bill [ā¦]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
U.S. infrastructure spending has sharply declined in past five years
The collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington State has sparked a number of conversations about infrastructure spending in the United States. Though the Skagit River Bridge was only considered functionally obsolete rather than structurally deficient (meaning it was built to older standards but not necessarily unsafe), some reports point [ā¦]
May 29, 2013
Roadbuilding
I-5 bridge collapse highlights need for transportation funding
The Interstate 5 bridge collapse that occurred Thursday night in Washington State underscores a larger problem the state is facing: transportation funding. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has said the bridge collapse reveals that lawmakers need to find ways to fund state transportation projects soon, the New York Times reported. Washington lawmakers are considering transportation [ā¦]
May 28, 2013
Business
A history of American infrastructure funding and how to go about establishing new financing tools
Just about anyone with knowledge on the subject of infrastructure and transportation funding in the U.S. that you talk to will tell you that big changes need to be made in order to remain competitive with the rest of the world. The truth is, our infrastructure is falling apart. The former Transportation Secretary has said [ā¦]
May 15, 2013
Roadbuilding
Where Interstate 20 crosses Interstate Bob
Are we approaching an intersection, where Public Street and Private Road meet? And if we are, is that intersection a confusing place in need of significant upgrading if it is to benefit the traveling public? Yep. Public-private partnerships created to profitably build and operate/manage transportation infrastructure (i.e. roads and bridges) appear to be on the [ā¦]
May 15, 2013
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