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Tag: "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century"
Roadbuilding
ARTBA commends Feds for dropping greenhouse emission measurement proposal
ARTBA urged the U.S. DOT to not jeopardize the bipartisan congressional support for MAP-21 by including extraneous issues in the law’s implementation.
June 8, 2018
Roadbuilding
FHWA to begin collecting bridge condition data by the square foot
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will begin gathering new data on bridges that will report conditions down to the square foot surface area, rather than simply the overall condition. The “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21) Act requires this shift in data collection. As opposed to the previous overall scores given to […]
April 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
How to earn $500 to attend the TCC Fly-In
The current surface transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) expires on September 30, and the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is almost bankrupt. To help garner support for ensuring the HTF does not become insolvent, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is offering a $500 travel incentive to attend the upcoming […]
May 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
Sen. Boxer anticipates Senate EPW to work on transportation bill by April
During last week’s hearing on MAP-21, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said she hopes the committee will have a new transportation authorization bill by April, according to AASHTO Journal. Boxer said having the bill before her committee at an early date would give the Senate Finance Committee plenty of time to […]
February 18, 2014
Roadbuilding
More from the Bridge Inventory: Top 5 States with the Best and Worst Bridges
Despite that the nation’s transportation funding system is in great peril as the expiration of the current surface transportation funding bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), is set to expire on September 30, 2014, many state agencies expect to be able to lower their number of functionally obsolete (FO) and structurally […]
November 21, 2013
Roadbuilding
Government shutdown slows transportation construction projects
American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Pete Ruane met with Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) during a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday to discuss how the federal government shutdown is impacting transportation projects. The shutdown, which began a week ago, resulted in 18,481 U.S. Department of Transportation […]
October 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
The BIG WIG of Transportation Funding
The million-dollar question in transportation – make that the half trillion-dollar question – is how to find the money to fix our roads. The industry and U.S. Department of Transportation have several ideas and proposed solutions, which have served as Band-Aid solutions. According to the “Four Disciplines of Excellence (4DX)” business concept developed by Sean […]
October 1, 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
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
MAP-21’s reform timetable: Can it be maintained?
Ah, yes, the reforms of MAP-21. Like a breath of fresh air they were. Changes that would accelerate woefully slow project delivery times were finally coming, changes worth waiting for. With MAP-21, our current two-year surface transportation legislation, came lowered expectations from a lack of adequate funding but raised expectations from reforms in the act. […]
May 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
U.S. DOT to collect public input on upcoming Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold its Public Input Session for its upcoming Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study (CTSW) on May 29 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the U.S. DOT Headquarters. It is the first of four Public Outreach Sessions to be held over the next 18 […]
May 17, 2013
Roadbuilding
Shuster: U.S. has ‘significant long-term infrastructure needs that must be addressed and responsibly paid’
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) released statement on Wednesday following the release of additional details on President Obama’s infrastructure plan. In his statement, Shuster pointed out that he is “encouraged” by the need to reduce “red tape and streamline project delivery, including working to implement provisions from [the surface transportation bill, […]
February 21, 2013
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