ARTBA Dissects Federal Transportation Proposal

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) reacted to the Obama Administration’s budget for FY 2015, released March 4, which recommends investing $90.9 billion in transportation improvements, a proposed increase of $18.6 billion over the amount enacted for FY 2014, or a 25.7 percent increase.

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Ruane Touts Highway Trust Fund Needs

Fixing the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) without generating any new revenue would require the equivalent of Congress passing and the president signing a 2013-level Murray-Ryan budget deal every year just to maintain current highway and transit program investment levels, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President Pete Ruane Feb. 12 told a Senate panel.

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