WASHINGTON — A long-term infrastructure funding bill will be considered by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the panel’s chairman told Transport Topics on May 17.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said the administration is considering a variety of options to fund the country's infrastructure, including approving higher federal fuel taxes.

WASHINGTON — The recipients of federal grants designed to assist states to pay for large-scale freight projects will be announced soon, the country’s top transportation officer told a Senate panel  May 17.

Amid pushback from Democrats critical of the Trump White House’s proposal to cut transit projects, the Senate on May 16 confirmed Jeffrey Rosen to be deputy Secretary of Transportation.

WASHINGTON — A funding proposal for the country’s infrastructure system would likely entail myriad options, such as public-private partnerships and raising taxes on fuel, the former chairman of the Senate transportation committee told reporters May 16.

Bumper-to-bumper traffic along the country’s highways resulted in operational costs to the trucking industry of more than $63.4 billion in 2015, a new report by the American Transportation Research Institute found.

Video: Marcia Hale, president of Building America's Future, sets the stage for Infrastructure Week with TT's Eugene Mulero. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to upgrade the country’s transportation network will be unveiled in a few weeks, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for the start of Infrastructure Week.