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Federal Report Evaluates Condition & Performance of Nation’s Transportation System

Spending by all levels of government on the nation’s highways and transit lines has increased substantially in recent years but steep increases in construction costs have eroded the purchasing power of this investment, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, which recently released its report documenting the conditions and performance of the nation’s transportation system. […]

February 8, 2010

Construction Equipment

House OKs three-month extension of SAFETEA-LU

And it looks like the extensions have begun…but at least we won’t be running on empty Sept. 30. The House on Sept. 23 passed a three-month extension to the surface transportation bill SAFETEA-LU, which is set to expire on Sept. 30. Its predecessor, TEA-21, endured extensions during a nearly two-year period. The extension, H.R. 3617, […]

January 12, 2010

Another look at replacing the gas tax

As we struggle to figure out how to fund the next surface transportation bill, the topic of raising the gas tax continues to emerge. It’s not a popular idea amongst the motoring public — no one likes increased taxes, including myself — but it’s one of the most viable ways to fund transportation. The federally […]

January 6, 2010

FHWA chief offers some thoughts: Tell a better story

By John Latta, Better Roads Editor-in-Chief, Onsite at the American Concrete Pavement Association annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Maybe Victor Mendez, head of the Federal Highway Administration, reads my column. Or maybe it’s his own idea. Either way, he is urging contractors and other industry stakeholders to do something I have been pushing for some time […]

December 3, 2009

TRIP report: One-fourth of Wyoming’s roads substandard, state has high traffic fatality rate

Nearly one quarter of Wyoming’s major roads are in poor condition, with pavement deterioration projected to worsen significantly in the coming years under current funding levels, according to a new report released today by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation organization. In addition to substandard road conditions, 22 percent of the state’s bridges are deficient […]

December 3, 2009

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