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Roadbuilding
AAA: 68% of Americans want increase in federal transportation investment
Two-thirds of Americans, or 68 percent, want the federal government to invest more in roads, bridges and mass transit systems, according to the results of a AAA survey released on Tuesday. Additionally, 5 percent of respondents said the federal government should invest less, while 24 percent want transportation spending levels to remain the same. The [ā¦]
June 10, 2014
Roadbuilding
Transportation advocates push for highway funding this week
Transportation advocates are flying to Washington, D.C. from all over the country to meet with lawmakers and discuss highway funding at the Transportation Construction Coalitionās (TCC) 2014 Legislative Fly-In on Tuesday and Wednesday. This yearāsĀ theme, āThe Time is Now: Fix the Highway Trust Fund,ā urges legislators to find a solution before the Highway Trust Fund [ā¦]
June 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
Opinion: Sinkholes and bridge closures, and how they relate to the highway fund shortage
Two news stories in particular have me thinking of what our nation will look like without a Highway Trust Fund fix. The first is a bridge closure in Delaware. According to an Associated Press report, officials closed a bridge near Wilmington because the support pillars are tilting by as much as 2.4 degrees. Engineers feared [ā¦]
June 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
THUD bill heads to full Senate for final vote; Senate committees talk highway funding
Highway funding is a hot topic in the Senate this week as the Appropriations Committee moves the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill to the full Senate floor, the Commerce Committee evaluates the Houseās plan to use U.S. Postal Service savings for transportation revenue and the Finance Committee seeks funding for highway and [ā¦]
June 5, 2014
Business
Can cutting Postal Service spending save highway construction funding? House GOP moves forward with controversial plan
House Republican leaders are moving forward with a plan to fund the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with savings from cutting certain U.S. Postal Service programs. House GOP leaders released a memo on Friday outlining the plan, which includes changes such as ceasing Saturday operations, which Republicans say will save $10.7 billion over a decade,Ā PoliticoĀ reports. A [ā¦]
June 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
House GOP leaders move forward with USPS savings plan for highway funding; Senate EPW, postal union criticize plan
House Republican leaders are moving forward with a plan to fund the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with savings from cutting certain U.S. Postal Service programs. House GOP leaders released a memo on Friday outlining the plan, which includes changes such as ceasing Saturday operations, which Republicans say will save $10.7 billion over a decade, Politico [ā¦]
June 2, 2014
Roadbuilding
Lawmakers consider U.S. Postal Service as highway funding source
As the deadline to find a revenue source for highway projects draws nearer, some lawmakers are looking for creative means of funding. The main source of funding, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), is expected to run out of money in August. An insolvent HTF would halt projects across the nation. And though the Senate Environment [ā¦]
May 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Travel industry survey: āCrumbling infrastructureā poses economic threat
The ācrumbling infrastructureā in the U.S. threatens global competitiveness as well as job and economic growth, business leaders say. A survey conducted by Building Americaās Future (BAF) and the U.S. Travel Association found that more than three-quarters of respondents said the state of the transportation infrastructure in the U.S. puts the nation at a competitive [ā¦]
May 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
LaHood touts fuel tax hike at transportation tech summit
Speaking to attendees of the ALK Transportation Technology Summit in Princeton, N.J., former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made a case for raising the federal fuel tax by 10 cents a gallon and indexing the level to inflation going forward. With China building infrastructure at a rapid clip, āAmerica is one big pothole,ā he said. āItās [ā¦]
May 21, 2014
Business
President Obama, VP Biden treat 4 construction workers to burgers and fries
The President and Vice President took their lunch outside the White House on Friday and treated four construction workers to burgers and fries as part of the Obama administrationās push to increase highway construction funding. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden ate at a Shake Shack restaurant a few blocks away from the [ā¦]
May 21, 2014
Roadbuilding
Obama criticizes House GOP bill for major cuts to job-creating program
President Barack Obama said on Saturday that the House Republicansā proposed budget would slash a job-creating program by 80 percent. The comment came during Obamaās weekly address at the White House, where he reiterated Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxxās warning that if Congress fails to pass a surface transportation reauthorization bill that addresses the nearly-insolvent Highway [ā¦]
May 19, 2014
Roadbuilding
Senate EPW approves 6-year highway bill; funding questions linger
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill Thursday morning. Related:Ā President Obama brings focus to highway bill during National Transportation Week Top committee members Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), committee chairman; David Vitter (R-La.), committee ranking member; Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and [ā¦]
May 15, 2014
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