U.S. House will push for less transportation funding and local programs at risk

Update from National League of Cities:

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has formally announced a series of field hearings on transportation authorization that will begin February 14 in West Virginia.  The purpose of the hearings is to gather input for the next effort to reauthorize federal transportation programs, which expired on September 2009.  The current […]

2011-02-03T14:27:06+00:00February 3rd, 2011|

Kienitz: Administration Won’t Unveil Its (Transportation Reauthorization) Proposal Until February (AASHTO)

Kienitz: Administration Won’t Unveil Its Proposal Until February (AASHTO)

The Obama administration plans to release detailed proposals for a surface transportation reauthorization bill and national infrastructure bank with the Fiscal Year 2012 budget in February 2011, a top U.S. Department of Transportation official told reporters Tuesday after a Senate hearing.

Roy Kienitz, undersecretary for policy […]

2010-09-27T08:38:39+00:00September 27th, 2010|

Obama Offers a Transit Plan to Create Jobs (The New York Times)

Obama Offers a Transit Plan to Create Jobs (The New York Times)

MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades to the nation’s roads, rail lines and runways — part of a six-year plan that would cost tens of billions of dollars and […]

2017-05-24T08:56:23+00:00September 7th, 2010|

Two Promising New Proposals For Solving the Fiscal Shortfall (Innovation News Briefs)

Two Promising New Proposals For Solving the Fiscal Shortfall (Innovation News Briefs)

Two new attempts to redefine the federal responsibility for surface transportation are attracting growing attention and provoking lively discussion within the transportation community. Both proposals stem from a conclusion that the obstacles standing in the way of enacting a new multi-year federal surface transportation […]

2017-05-24T08:56:24+00:00August 10th, 2010|

LaHood Fends Off Lawmakers On Fuel Taxes (The Journal of Commerce Online)

LaHood Fends Off Lawmakers On Fuel Taxes (The Journal of Commerce Online)

DOT secretary says there may not be “the courage” in Congress to take on issue

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood came under fire Tuesday from House lawmakers over infrastructure financing, taking heat from those for and against raising taxes to pay for highway and transit […]

2010-07-29T14:53:39+00:00July 29th, 2010|

LaHood Says No Fuel Tax Increase Needed for Transport (The Journal of Commerce Online)

LaHood Says No Fuel Tax Increase Needed for Transport (The Journal of Commerce Online)
Highway funding to come from tolls, Obama’s proposed infrastructure fund

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said a combination of current-level gas tax receipts, road and bridge tolling and President Obama’s proposed infrastructure fund could offer a way to fund a long-term federal infrastructure […]

2010-07-26T11:26:29+00:00July 26th, 2010|

Agency Expects Congress to Authorize Third Round of TIGER Grants (D.C. Streetsblog)

Frustration With Stop-Gap Transpo Funding Shows at DOT Town Hall (D.C. Streetsblog)

Agency Expects Congress to Authorize Third Round of TIGER Grants (D.C. Streetsblog)

U.S. DOT’s top leaders (save Secretary Ray LaHood) fielded questions about the next long-term transportation bill this morning as part of a “town hall” session at agency headquarters. The conference, the sixth and […]

2017-05-24T08:56:25+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Indiana’s bad bridges focus of a new campaign for more transportation spending (News and Tribune)

Indiana’s bad bridges focus of a new campaign for more transportation spending (News and Tribune)

Indiana’s bad bridges focus of a new campaign for more transportation spending
There are more than 4,000 deficient or obsolete bridges in the state

INDIANAPOLIS — INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s deteriorating bridges and roads are the focus of a new media campaign designed […]

2017-05-24T08:56:25+00:00July 7th, 2010|

Oberstar points to road problem: a shortage of federal gas-tax revenue (MinnPost.com)

Oberstar points to road problem: a shortage of federal gas-tax revenue (MinnPost.com)

WASHINGTON — The problem is simple, says Rep. Jim Oberstar, who chairs the House Transportation Committee: There simply isn’t enough money coming in through the federal gas tax right now to meet the nation’s current needs for road and bridge repairs.

And as fuel efficiency […]

2017-05-24T08:56:25+00:00June 21st, 2010|

Modifications Sought by Oberstar Added to Tax Extenders Bill (AASHTO)

Modifications Sought by Oberstar Added to Tax Extenders Bill (AASHTO)

The House of Representatives could vote as early as Tuesday on a package of tax extensions that will include language altering how nearly $1 billion in federal highway funds is distributed among states.

House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee James Oberstar, D-Minnesota, told the media this […]

2017-05-24T08:56:26+00:00May 21st, 2010|
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