In “America’s Rolling Warehouses: Opportunities and Challenges with the Nation’s Freight Delivery System,” the Washington, D.C.-based group TRIP concluded that significant sustainable funding at the federal level will be key to enhancing connectivity along freight corridors in the coming years.
October 8, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics
Mary Altaffer/Associated Press
Reliable Federal Funding Will Enhance Freight Transportation System, TRIP Report Says
Mary Altaffer/Associated Press
Government, Business
“Infrastructure is critical to our country, and we should responsibly pay for this legislation,” EPW committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said last month. (C-SPAN)
Senators Tout VMT Absent Fix for Highway Trust Fund
“Infrastructure is critical to our country, and we should responsibly pay for this legislation,” EPW committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said last month. (C-SPAN)
A $287 billion highway bill the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee easily advanced last month is notable for several big-picture proposals.
August 15, 2019
Government, Business, Autonomous
McConnell stressed that his caucus of Republicans will not consider a partial shutdown of the federal government. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
Senate Leader McConnell Looks to Avoid Government Shutdown Before Dec. 7 Deadline
McConnell stressed that his caucus of Republicans will not consider a partial shutdown of the federal government. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
Senate Republicans will look to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government, the leader of the chamber told reporters on Nov. 14.
November 15, 2018
Government, Business, Safety
A portion of the newly constructed Interstate 11 outside Boulder City, Nev. (Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics)
Boulder City Braces for New Interstate to Offset Tourist, Truck Traffic
A portion of the newly constructed Interstate 11 outside Boulder City, Nev. (Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics)
The Boulder City, Nev., area will soon be home to a new interstate highway, according to Federal Highway Administration.
May 8, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment
Wyoming Department of Transportation
Wyoming Road Sign Auction Yields $33,000 for Highway Repair
Wyoming Department of Transportation
The Wyoming Department of Transportation is placing the $33,005 it made from auctioning decommissioned road signs into its highway repair fund.
October 23, 2017
Government, Safety
Idaho.corcohighways.org
Idaho’s Recently Approved Millions Will Widen I-84 Near Boise
Idaho.corcohighways.org
The Idaho Transportation Department is using recently approved funds to widen the portion of Interstate 84 that runs through Nampa, a city about 20 miles west of Boise that has seen increased traffic in recent years.
October 17, 2017
Government
Bobby Hidy/Flickr
I-95 Corridor Coalition Chooses Firm to Run Pilot That Analyzes Funding Options
Bobby Hidy/Flickr
The I-95 Corridor Coalition has selected CH2M to pilot a program exploring alternative revenue mechanisms for transportation funding.
August 1, 2017
Government, Business
Daniel Huizinga/Flickr
Appropriators to Take Up Transportation Funding Bill July 17 With Meal, Rest Break Provision
Daniel Huizinga/Flickr
House Republican leaders are measuring the degree of support within their caucus for a provision in a fiscal 2018 transportation funding bill that would pre-empt state laws on meal and rest breaks for truckers, congressional aides told Transport Topics.
July 14, 2017
Government, TCA
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/TNS
Connecticut’s Governor Promotes State’s Transportation Lockbox
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/TNS
Gov. Dannel Malloy, who is not seeking re-election in 2018, is promoting a lockbox concept approved in both the state Senate and House as the only guarantee that transportation funds will be set aside and protected for future use by his successor.
July 7, 2017
Government
John Sommers II for TT/Art Halvorson for Congress
Bill Shuster Pledges Long-Term Funding for Infrastructure in Re-Election Fight
John Sommers II for TT/Art Halvorson for Congress
LEMONT FURNACE, Pa. — Voters in Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District have a choice in the upcoming election that could shift the emphasis on national freight transportation and other infrastructure issues.
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