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President Obama briefly addresses transportation in State of the Union
Tuesday night, President Obama gave his State of the Union address, which offered a chance for the president to present potential solutions for transportation and infrastructure funding. However, our sister site Overdrive points out that the president only briefly mentioned transportation in his speech. Instead bringing focus to nation’s deteriorating transportation system, Obama mentioned infrastructure […]
January 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Dwindling Highway Trust Fund causes delayed state reimbursements
The depleting Highway Trust Fund (HTF) may cause the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to delay reimbursements to state agencies this year. Bloomberg reports that the U.S. DOT may have to slow the payments to avoid draining the HTF. Peter Rogoff, the DOT’s acting undersecretary for policy, said at an American Trucking Association (ATA) meeting […]
January 28, 2014
Roadbuilding
Transportation in the State of the Union Address
If you think the State of the Union address is just another speech, think again. The State of the Union address, which President Obama will deliver Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, is the perfect opportunity for workers in the transportation industry to hear about how our highways and infrastructure are faring and what the […]
January 28, 2014
Roadbuilding
Shuster urges transportation leaders to ‘educate’ lawmakers on funding needs
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) is urging transportation leaders to ‘educate’ lawmakers on what the industry needs in a new surface transportation funding bill. At the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s annual conference on Friday, Shuster, who is the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said he needs transportation leaders to help show lawmakers what will be […]
January 27, 2014
Roadbuilding
Rep. Shuster wants transportation bill to hit House floor by August
House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said during the committee’s surface transportation hearing on Tuesday that he wants the new transportation funding bill to go to the House floor by August, The Hill reports. The current transportation bill expires in September. Shuster said he is aiming for August so it will have a […]
January 15, 2014
Roadbuilding
Proposed bill would raise federal gas tax by $0.15 for highway funding
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced into the House on Wednesday a bill that would nearly double federal fuel taxes as a means of funding highways, according to a report from our sister site Overdrive. Blumenauer said the $0.15-per-gallon increase would be a short-term option to make up for shortfalls in the dwindling Highway Trust Fund […]
December 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Study proposes implementing per-mile tolls on U.S. interstate system
In an attempt to provide a solution to America’s transportation funding problems, the Reason Foundation has proposed tolling interstates and charging 3.5 cents per mile for cars and 14 cents per mile for trucks. The Reason Foundation, a libertarian nonprofit organization that researches public policy, revealed the proposal Thursday with its study, “Interstate 2.0: Modernizing the […]
September 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
NAPA president urges Congress to “move quickly” with transportation funding plan
National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) President Mike Acott released a statement yesterday regarding the House and Senate failing to pass any transportation funding bills last week. Acott stated: “The leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have done their jobs in crafting bipartisan bills that address […]
August 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
ARTBA launches TransCon grassroots advocacy app
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has launched an app similar to the “I’m Stuck” app, which was developed to allow travelers to inform elected officials about transportation problems. ARTBA’s app, however, focuses on transportation professionals. ARTBA unveiled the “Transportation Construction Advocate App” (TransCon App) yesterday. The app allows public and private-sector workers […]
August 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Closer to E than F and heading for B
Let’s say you are rolling down the highway and watching the gas gauge on your dashboard as you go. You see it steadily going down. You are aware that it is heading to E. You roll on. It gets inevitably closer to E. You know if you don’t stop and fill up it will hit […]
August 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Transportation Infrastructure Funding: Efficiency is necessary but not sufficient
It’s a case of on the one hand/on the other hand. New Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is saying that his department is “working to improve the efficiency and performance of our existing transportation system” and is “doing so in an era when we must work harder than ever to stretch our transportation dollar.” He […]
July 26, 2013
Roadbuilding
Senate passes bridge-prioritizing amendment to DOT, HUD spending bill
The Senate on Wednesday passed an amendment to its proposed $54 billion transportation and housing spending bill, prioritizing bridge projects, according to a report from The Hill. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) authored the amendment, which he said would prioritize bridges deemed “structurally obsolete” or “deficient,” allowing those bridges to be fixed before others. “We all […]
July 25, 2013
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