A panel discussion May 14 held in Washington, D.C., during a legislative summit sponsored by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) focused on the major infrastructure issues facing the United States, especially in terms of generating more funding for transportation projects, reported the AASHTO Journal.
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Illinois Motorists Heavily Impacted by Bad Roads, Bridges
Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Illinois motorists a total of $18.3 billion statewide annually – as much as $2,559 per driver in some urban areas – due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays.
Read MoreRepair Priorities Report Spotlights Deteriorating Roads
Transportation for America and Taxpayers for Common Sense said it will take $231.4 billion per year just to keep our existing road network in acceptable repair and bring the backlog of roads in poor condition into good repair over a six-year period.
Read MoreCalifornia Infrastructure Graded a C-
The 2019 Report Card for California’s Infrastructure, released by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), gives California an overall grade of a “C-.” The state has made progress in recent years to close the infrastructure investment gap, but much work remains to prepare the infrastructure to support the state’s economy and preserve Californians quality of life.
Read MoreTransportation Group Decries Multi-Modal Funding Cut by Feds
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the latest round of funding for the BUILD program (formerly known as TIGER). This program has been perennially popular since 2009 when the program was conceived. Now entering round 11 of funding, a new analysis of the program has uncovered some worrying findings, according to Transportation for America.
Read MoreInfrastructure Rumblings
April 10, 2019 – Senate committee leaders have their sights set on an ambitious timeline for the surface transportation reauthorization, which is due by next September, Politico reports. Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is hoping to pass a bill through the committee before the August recess, and ranking member Tom Carper (D-Del.) is on board. “In the past we’ve sometimes waited till…
Read MoreBridge Collapse a Dire Warning
April 2, 2019 – A 2018 report from TRIP indicated that roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Tennessee motorists a total of $6 billion statewide annually. Now they almost cost a motorist his life. One person was injured after a concrete railing section fell from a bridge in Chattanooga, Tenn., this week shutting down two…
Read MoreAirport Infrastructure Subject of House Hearing
On Tuesday, March 26, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) held a hearing to explore options to improve our nation’s airport infrastructure. During the hearing, titled “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investment in our Nation’s Airports Matters,” Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) noted that “crippling congestion has become the norm in our country” and that the congestion is having a…
Read MoreStates Introduce Transportation Bills
Legislators in 37 states introduced 185 bills aimed at boosting transportation investment in the first two months of 2019, a new analysis finds. This number is higher than the amount of legislation the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (ARTBA-TIAC) tracked over the same time period last year and is projected to grow as additional measures are introduced…
Read MoreTransportation Topics
March 4, 2019 – What we have here, is a failure to communicate. That is the view of several key transportation association executives, expressed during a recent roundtable session at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ 2019 Washington Briefing. “It’s easy to talk about it, but hard to start advancing bills,” said Dave Bauer, president and CEO of…
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