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A fuel tax chance missed?

Uh oh. Perhaps it’s best seen as a good news/bad news scenario. Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire has proposed a new excise tax on the wholesale cost of gasoline and diesel fuel to raise $368 million in its first two years and more than $940 million in 2017-19. That’s the good news. A Governor willing to […]

December 19, 2012

Roadbuilding

Whispering the T Word

TAX! Nothing like shouting a three-letter word ending in X to get your attention. But no, we’re not talking income tax. The gas tax is back on a table in Washington. The 18.3 cents a gallon tax, un-indexed and unchanged in almost 20 years, is the now inadequate basis of our highway system funding. It’s […]

December 5, 2012

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

Here is the letter I sent to my senators and representatives.

December 1, 2012

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Comparing roads, here and there

Comparison is a good thing to keep in mind when your industry association asks you to get active in lobbying efforts, especially after these several years of futility. We’re closer to a solution than we think.

December 1, 2012

Roadbuilding

It’s Still Raining Obvious, Congressman.

FLASHBACK — Here’s a paper from 2003. I stumbled on it and deja vu! It’s simple title is A Dozen Reasons for Raising Gasoline Taxes. Reading it is weird: the 12 arguments are not old.  All the way through the winding down of SAFETEA-LU and the nine clumsy extensions  leading up to MAP-21, raising gas […]

October 12, 2012

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

MAP-21 is not progress at all.

August 5, 2012

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers — Editor Emeritus

If you have trouble thinking of something to ponder, here are five possibilities….

July 3, 2012

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers — Editor Emeritus

If you have trouble thinking of something to ponder, here are five possibilities….

July 3, 2012

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers — Editor Emeritus

If you have trouble thinking of something to ponder, here are five possibilities….

July 3, 2012

Roadbuilding

Running out of gas money

A new Congressional Budget Office report says that the Highway Trust Fund may be empty by fiscal year 2014. According to The Hill’s transportation blog the CBO report projects the highway trust to have $12 billion at the end of the current fiscal year, which began last July, and a $3 billion balance  in the […]

February 1, 2012

Roadbuilding

Mica’s Move is Made: Now let’s keep moving

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica and Members of the committee unveiled the American Energy an Infrastructure Jobs Act yesterday. I would like to think contractors, subs, agencies,equipment dealerships and OEMs are excited and getting ready to move quickly if this bill can become a reality. After some years of flatlining it has […]

February 1, 2012

Roadbuilding

Think Locally, Act Nationally – Carnegie Report

The best thinkers — and doers — in transportation infrastructure might just be found far far from our nation’s capital. When it comes to giving America the best transportation infrastructure it can have, the  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace says, basically, think locally, act nationally.” That is, Washington should look at successful local and regional […]

January 9, 2012