House Committee Hears Concerns on Transportation, Infrastructure Funding
The House Transportation Committee’s first hearing of the new Congress focused on the challenges of maintaining the nation’s roads and bridges, and Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) pledged to maintain the federal government’s role in transportation infrastructure funding.
February 14, 2013Obama Touts Infrastructure, Nat Gas in State of Union Speech
In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama pitched a “Fix-It First” program to address the nation’s most immediate infrastructure needs and called for more use of natural gas as a transportation fuel.
February 13, 2013Congressman Wants Overseas Profits Invested In U.S. Infrastructure
Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) said Tuesday that he plans to introduce a bill in the next month to create an infrastructure investment office within the Treasury Department as well as a fund to make loans to states.
February 12, 2013Editorial: A $27 Billion Traffic Jam
Here’s a double-barreled dose of worrisome news: Trucking wasted some $27 billion in fuel and lost productivity during 2011 due to congestion in the nation’s largest urban areas; fuel prices spiked in the most recent survey by the Department of Energy, 9.5 cents a gallon for diesel and 18.1 cents for gasoline.
February 11, 2013Congestion Costs Trucking $27 Billion Annually, Report Says
Traffic congestion in the largest U.S. cities cost the commercial trucking industry about $27 billion in wasted time and fuel in 2011, according to a report released Tuesday.
February 5, 2013Editorial: Investing in Infrastructure
It’s nice to hear from the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that he recognizes what dire straits the Highway Trust Fund is in and that he’s open to all suggestions as to how to fix it.
February 4, 2013All Options Are ‘on the Table’ for Road Fund, Shuster Says
The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he remains open to any option that can increase the amount of federal funding available for highway projects, including the possibility of raising the federal fuel tax.
February 4, 2013Report Says More U.S. Infrastructure Spending Would Boost Jobs, Economy
Increasing annual U.S. infrastructure spending by $157 billion in the next eight years would save $3.1 trillion in gross domestic product, $1.1 trillion in trade and 3.5 million jobs, according to a new report.
January 15, 2013States Strain to Find New Funding Sources for Repair, Maintenance of Roads, Bridges
Funding for roads and bridges continued to be the overriding issue for states in 2012 as transportation officials sought new ways to raise revenue.
December 24, 2012DOT to Make Up to $17 Billion Available in New Transport Infrastructure Loans
The Obama administration is making up to $17 billion available for transportation infrastructure project loans, thanks to a provision in the new transportation law, the Department of Transportation announced.
August 6, 2012