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As highway reauthorization hearing nears, ARTBA proposes 15-cent gas tax increase for 10-year funding
A proposal dubbed āGetting Beyond GridlockāĀ by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) would raise $401 billion for highway and mass transit capital investments via a 15-cents-per-gallon increase in federal gas and diesel fuel taxes. The proposalĀ comesĀ less than a week before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee holds a hearing on āreauthorizingā federal surface [ā¦]
March 13, 2015
Business
25% of U.S. bridges declared deficient in 2012
According to a report from our sister site Better Roads, 25 percent, or 151,845 of all U.S. bridges were classified as deficient in 2012. Those numbers were a part of theĀ U.S. Government Accountability Office ās(GAO) testimony last week before the Senate Commitee on Appropriationsā Subcomittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Better [ā¦]
June 18, 2013
Business
Are Americans ānot willing to payā for longer-lasting roads?
Over at our sister site Better Roads, columnist Kirk Landers has put together a pretty interesting, and brutally honest, estimation of the glaring discrepancy between Americansā calls for quality, longer-lasting roads and their willingness to pay for them. You see, itās pothole season, the time of year when road crews all over the nation get [ā¦]
May 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
GUEST BLOG POST: The Time is NOW ā Fighting for the Future of Roadway Safety
by Scott F. Belcher, president and CEO, Intelligent Transportation Society of America As we count down to the Intelligent Transportation Society of Americaās (ITSA) Annual Meeting to be held in Nashville this April, thereās never been a more critical time for all of us who are working to ensure Americaās leadership in transportation and infrastructure, [ā¦]
February 15, 2013
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