Tag: Congressional Budget Office: Page 2

Roadbuilding

Let’s start ramping up reauthorization pressure

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has, helpfully, stated the obvious. The CBO is essentially confirming for us that when reauthorization rolls about next September, MAP-21’s replacement, facing a nearly bankrupt Highway Trust Fund, will either have to dive into the General Fund (and fight with everyone else in Washington who has to dive into the […]

May 2, 2013

Business

CBO: Highway Trust Fund should fulfill obligations through 2014

According to the latest forecast from the Congressional Budget Office, the Highway Trust Fund will have insufficient revenues by the end of 2015, but should be able to fulfill its obligations through 2014. At the beginning of this year, the HTF held $10 billion and the CBO forecast expects that amount to dwindle by half […]

February 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

Financial District

The art of riding the short-term/long-term transportation funding teeter-totter.

May 9, 2011