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Twenty-two wheels and fourteen roses

The debate on whether to allow (or permit states to allow) heavier semis on our roads is wandering around in Congress. (I would say “eighteen wheelers” but some of them would be “twenty-two wheelers” thanks to an extra axle and that just doesn’t sound right.) The arguments are out there and not hard to find. […]

April 24, 2013

Two-thirds of Americans likely to say “no” to gas tax as transportation funding

According to a report from our sister site Better Roads citing a recent Gallup poll, two-thirds of Americans would oppose a 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax that would provide funding for transportation and infrastructure repairs. The poll was conducted April 9-10 shortly after Maryland passed its first gas tax increase in 20 years. The tax’s 13- to […]

April 24, 2013

Two-thirds of Americans would refuse gas tax as transportation, infrastructure funding

Two-thirds of Americans would vote against a 20-cent per gallon state tax dedicated to funding road and bridge repairs, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. According to the poll, 66 percent of Americans would reject the gas tax, while only 29 percent would support it. The data were collected in poll conducted April 9-10, […]

April 23, 2013

Waiting for DiMaggio

Is the automobile over? Scary thought if fuel taxes continue to be the single biggest contributor to our transportation infrastructure funding structure. And they’re not my words; it’s a headline from Motor Trend magazine last fall. I’m resurrecting this oldie here as part of an effort to look ahead to the coming reauthorization debate/fracas. Because […]

April 3, 2013

Transportation funding talks remain stagnant

The debate over transportation funding continues as MAP-21’s expiration date—September 2014—inches closer and closer. Congressional discussions about how to increase funding are seemingly going nowhere, Politico reported. While transportation funding, particularly the Highway Trust Fund, continues to decrease, ideas about an increase in the gas tax (which has remained stagnant since its 18.4-cent-per-gallon raise in […]

March 25, 2013

President pushes transportation construction speed-up in TV meetings

President Obama is set to sit down today for interviews with half a dozen television stations from major cities to push a plan that will speed up transportation construction projects. This has been a clearly-stated and much publicized goal of FHWA and its Administrator Victor Mendez for some time, obviously with the backing of the […]

February 20, 2013

Somebody blinked: States making moves for transportation infrastructure funds

As the inevitability of dwindling fuel tax revenues keeps butting heads with the inevitable need for more funding for transportation infrastructure, something has to give. States are now making moves instead of just talking about them, as this New York Times piece demonstrates. As reauthorization comes a round again in 2014, it is essential that […]

February 19, 2013

Maryland governor looking for new transportation funding

This from the Washington Post: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley met with Senate Democrats on Tuesday as part of a continuing effort to craft a bill to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue for transportation projects, an aide said More such meetings ( with the names and party affiliations changing) are expected across […]

February 18, 2013

Maryland Governor Looking for New Transportation Funding

This from the Washington Post: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley met with Senate Democrats on Tuesday as part of a continuing effort to craft a bill to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue for transportation projects, an aide said More such meetings ( with the names and party affiliations changing) are expected across […]

February 13, 2013

Rough Roads in Le Crowne Pointe Gardens

I wonder how many agencies in charge of roads unknowingly face a problem that has just surfaced here in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. From the Tuscaloosa News today: The Tuscaloosa County Commission spent its Wednesday meeting arguing whether the county should take on the burden of fixing roads riddled with potholes, cracks and generally considered to be […]

August 16, 2012

The link that is not missing, and Shakespeare 116

So extension number nine appears inevitable. House Transportation and Infrastructure committee chairman John Mica says its likely to be a three month extension. It will allow the House Republicans to come up with a bill of their own to pass the House (something they have not been able to do to date) , of unknown […]

March 21, 2012

Let ‘em have it this week!

I’m repeating myself, I know, but I want to urge as many of you as possible to take advantage of this week’s Congressional recess. Members are back in their districts and this is an election year. Put a little heat on them, a little pressure. Or, preferably, a lot. Congress has dithered and dithered when […]

February 20, 2012

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