Transportation infrastructure needs to be built more sturdily and in safer locations in order to withstand the pounding from changing climate, and failure to do so could result in wasteful spending, a U.S. Department of Transportation official told a transport conference in South Carolina.
November 13, 2014GovernmentBusiness
States Ask Voters to Decide on Infrastructure Measures
Transportation advocates are increasingly taking their case for better infrastructure to the public, a strategy magnified in a number of states as voters head to the polls Nov. 4.
November 3, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Crumbling Infrastructure Fix Seen With Global Trillions of Dollars
The concrete piers of two new bridges are rising out of the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and southern Indiana, as crews blast limestone and move earth to build the roads and tunnels that will soon connect the twin spans to nearby interstate highways.
October 15, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Missouri Voters Solidly Reject Amendment to Increase Sales Tax for Highway Projects
Missouri voters last week defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that could have raised as much as $6 billion by increasing the state’s sales tax to pay for infrastructure improvements.
August 11, 2014GovernmentBusiness
White House Promotes Private Sector in New Infrastructure Initiative, Urges Congress to Act
President Obama on July 17 signed an initiative aimed at helping state agencies connect with private-sector investors to upgrade the country’s aging transportation infrastructure.
July 18, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Funding Transportation Projects Reduces Bottlenecks, Helps Trucking Industry, WH Report Says
If Congress approves significant funding to upgrade the country’s aging roads and bridges, travel times throughout the freight industry would improve dramatically, according to a report released July 14 by the Obama administration.
July 14, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Rep. Delaney to Promote Infrastructure Bill At Press Club June 26
Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) will have a chance to promote his legislation that establishes a $50 billion infrastructure fund to boost highway projects when he appears at the National Press Club June 26.
June 24, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Key House Democrat Aims to Take His Infrastructure Bill Viral
Maryland Democrat Rep. John Delaney unveiled a website June 17 to draw attention to a bill he introduced last year that would create a $50 billion infrastructure fund.
June 20, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Foxx Touts Infrastructure in Florida Visit
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx continued the administration’s press for Congress to pass a transportation funding bill during a visit to Florida on May 19.
May 20, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Freight Industry Leaders Unite to Push for More Road Funding
WASHINGTON — Leaders from nearly all segments of the freight-hauling industry and other transportation and business groups convening here for “Infrastructure Week” called for long-term federal aid they said would help states and businesses plan projects that improve the way goods move around the country — and the globe.
May 19, 2014