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Back to where we were?

Have we come as far as we are going to come for a while with reauthorization? Was the recent promise of some sort of bipartisan breakthrough just that? As House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John Mica prepares to unveil what should be a five-year bill with a $260 billion tag (and the Senate has […]

January 26, 2012

A Closer Look at the Mica Proposal

It’s a start. Give the Chairman credit for getting us beyond hot air and into a document. Reading through John Mica’s House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s reauthorization proposal and there’s no way to avoid the obvious reaction: this is not a lot of money. There are of course three major factors chairman Mica uses to […]

July 8, 2011

Federal legislation for state road repair standards?

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today has introduced legislation he hopes will become the Preservation and Renewal of Federal-Aid Highways Act. It would, he says: Require the Secretary of Transportation to establish “state of good repair standards” for the various classes of federal-aid highways to serve […]

June 20, 2011

Stimulus funds its 6,000th project; LaHood lauds as as ‘major milestone’

The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), a.k.a. the stimulus, has funded its 6,000th highway project mark with a $44.5 million project near Phoenix. The project will widen the route between State Route 303 and 99th Avenue, which serves an estimated 45,000 vehicles daily, from four lanes to six, according to the U.S. DOT. In addition, […]

January 15, 2010

The good news: Transportation stimulus projects reach 10K; The bad news: We’re still without a highway bill and guaranteed funding

From ConstructionPundit’s sister blog, The Roadologist: The Department of Transportation has jumpstarted more than 10,000 transportation projects across the United States with stimulus dollars, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. As of the announcements, state agencies reported a total of 10,041 projects had been approved. “Just nine months […]

January 11, 2010

LaHood: Letting states opt out of highway program ‘not best way forward’

Regardless mof whether the funding formula used to distribute federal highway money to states is unfair, I’m still not convinced that letting states opt out of participating in the federal highway program is a better solution…or one that even makes sense. (Disclaimer here: This is my own opinion, not that of Better Roads or any of the […]

January 11, 2010

LaHood: $742.5 Million in Federal Recovery Act Funds to Pay for Transit Projects in Nine States

Looks like rail is on track to get more money. When the stimulus bill passed with $8 billion allocated for high-speed rail–a big winner considering the House hadn’t included any money for it in the stimulus package and the Senate had only set aside $2 billion — it was clear that it was the surprise winner. And it’s […]

January 10, 2010

U.S. DOT, FCC launch effort to end distracted driving

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that they are launching a joint effort to evaluate technologies that may help curb the dangerous epidemic of distracted driving. The DOT-FCC partnership will also include outreach efforts to educate the public about the dangers of texting while driving, talking […]

November 4, 2009

LaHood Kicks Off Program to Get More Women Working in Transportation

U.S. Secretary of Transportation is encouraging women to pursue careers in the transportation industry. In late September, LaHood announced the launch of the pilot Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women and Girls Program. The new program, managed by a partnership between the U.S. Department of Transportation and Spelman College, is part of a broader effort, led by the White House, to ensure that federal programs and policies take into account the distinct needs and concerns of women and girls.

October 1, 2009

LaHood Kicks Off Program to Get More Women Working in Transportation

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is working to get women on the move – literally. In what seems to be a predominantly male-dominated industry, there is now a national push to encourage young women to pursue careers in science, engineering, and technology and to help them achieve their goals. In late September, LaHood announced the […]

September 24, 2009

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