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There are many infrastructure projects in America that need immediate attention. Just don't define 'immediate' as the first 200 days of the Trump administration. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Raising the gas tax, repatriating overseas corporate profits, and incorporating highway funding as part of an overhaul of the tax code are likely among the funding proposals stakeholders will address when the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meets Feb. 1.

President Trump set a daunting goal for government agencies bound by complex procedures, ordering his department heads to kill two regulations for each new one they issue.

With members including representatives of regional business and government agencies, a railroad and ports, a new advisory committee held its first meeting Jan. 26 to devise a state freight plan.

With the contentious 2016 election over and few officials on the ballot again until 2018, transportation stakeholders believe that the current state legislative sessions could see fuel taxes raised to cover large funding shortfalls. Only New Jersey, which has off-year elections, did so in 2016.

Mark Wallace, chief of staff at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., was put on a paid leave of absence on Jan. 27, prompting more speculation that Wallace and outgoing CEO Hunter Harrison will attempt to take over the reins at rival railroad CSX Corp. through private investor Paul Hilal of Mantle Ridge.

Top executives at Ontario International Airport on Jan. 26 outlined their efforts to attract major Chinese courier companies to use ONT as the major gateway and hub to the U.S. and Latin American marketplaces, similar to UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp.’s domestic e-commerce operations with Amazon.

Republican leaders have yet to figure out when to proceed with legislation that would modernize freight corridors, structurally deficient bridges and old pipelines, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), policy chairman for the party in the Senate, told reporters on Jan. 25.

In his inaugural address as president of the United States, Donald Trump vowed to renegotiate trade agreements, boost the economy by reducing regulations, clamp down on immigration and spend more money to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure.