Included in President Obama’s 2017 budget is a proposal for a $10-per-barrel oil tax, phased in over five years, to pay for a variety of transportation initiatives, including new rail corridors, highway projects, pilot projects for self-driving cars and other technologies it said fall under the goal of a “clean transportation” system.
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Outlook/Forecast 2016: All Systems Go, Full Speed Ahead
WITH A NEW HIGHWAY BILL IN PLACE, THE FUTURE NOW LOOKS VERY BRIGHT FOR THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Smith It goes without saying, 2015 went out with a bang, and looking ahead to 2016, it is all systems go, full speed ahead. In a major victory for the aggregates industry, both chambers of Congress voted to…
Read MoreThe History Of Civilization Is The History Of Infrastructure
Investing in roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure has always been and remains the best way to build America’s economic, political, military, strategic and social strength, according to a new book by journalist, thought leader and U.S. domestic policy expert James P. Pinkerton. In “A Vision of American Strength: How Transportation Infrastructure Built the United States,” Pinkerton observes that “the…
Read MoreFINALLY!
Dec. 4, 2015 – Congress finally got it right – almost. Last night’s passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or the FAST Act, sets America’s transportation industry on the fast-track to success. The five-year, $300+ billion bill goes a long way in sending a signal of confidence to construction markets. Make no mistake, this will be an economic shot…
Read MoreARTBA Forecasts Modest Growth in Transportation; Construction Markets
The likely passage of a five-year federal surface transportation bill, increased investment from state and local governments, and continued strengthening in the U.S. economy are the key factors driving an expected 4 percent growth in the 2016 U.S. transportation construction market, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) chief economist.
Read MoreARTBA-TDF Hosts TransOvation Workshop
Transportation design and construction professionals and public officials from around the country were on hand Nov. 16-18 at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minn., to learn from, and collaborate with, industry leaders about rapidly changing technologies and transportation developments during the 5th annual Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation Workshop.
Read MoreTransportation Funding Wins Big on Election Day
Preliminary Nov. 3 election results show voters in eight states approved 26 of 37 (70 percent) state or local referendums to increase transportation funding, according to an analysis by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s “Transportation Investment Advocacy Center” (ARTBA-TIAC).
Read MoreAnd Now . . . A Word from Our Founding Fathers
I was taken by a great press release that came from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). They note that on Sept. 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the historic document they had created. ARTBA is using the 228th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution signing to remind Congress that Article One, Section Eight, makes…
Read MoreZachry Named ARTBA Chairman
David S. Zachry, chief executive officer of Texas-based Zachry Corp., has been elected 2015-2016 chairman by the members of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The announcement came during the association’s annual National Convention, held Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Philadelphia. Zachry’s career in the transportation construction industry spans nearly 30 years. In 1996, he was named president of the company’s Civil…
Read MoreCharlie Potts
Charles F. Potts, chairman of the board of Indianapolis-based Heritage Construction & Materials, and past chairman (2008) of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), is the 2014 recipient of the George S. Bartlett Award. It was presented to him Sept. 30 during ARTBA’s National Convention in Philadelphia.
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