Innovative Financing Is No Substitute for New Funding (Innovation Briefs)
Hoping to sustain interest in the Committee’s efforts to enact a new multi-year transportation bill during this session of Congress, Reps. James Oberstar (D-MN) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR), leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, convened a hearing on April 14 to explore innovative ways […]
What we know about bike infrastructure: people want it (Fast Lane Blog by USDOT Sec. LaHood)
We know that 90 percent of the people are not going to be cycling to work or around town. But that opportunity and that kind of alternative is something people have said they want.
They said it in a recent study […]
Ga. transportation deal seen as basis of solutions (BusinessWeek)
Some state and local officials see a sweeping solution to metro Atlanta’s gridlock woes in the transportation bill approved this week by the Georgia Legislature, calling it a watershed development that will secure the state’s position as the South’s economic engine.
But the money won’t arrive until three […]
Prospect for new Yadkin River bridge looks promising (Davidson County Dispatch)
North Carolina’s transportation heavyweights gathered Thursday at Davidson County Community College to talk about highways, infrastructure and more.
Members of the state’s Logistics Task Force heard from a representative of FedEx who outlined the company’s new state-of-the-art facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport and listened […]
New plan surfaces for I-85 bridge (Salisbury Post)
In her proposed budget for the next fiscal year, Gov. Bev Perdue provides a new way to fund the widening of Interstate 85 around the Yadkin River Bridge.
Perdue’s proposed $19.1 billion budget allocates $94.6 million for the creation of a new transportation fund.
The recurring N.C. Mobility Fund […]
House, Senate pass transportation bill (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Breaking a legislative traffic jam that has endured for more than three years, the Georgia General Assembly on Wednesday voted to allow referendums throughout the state on transportation funding.
Taking to the well for the first time this session, Speaker David Ralston in a rousing speech led the Georgia […]
Nearly $50 billion in highway funds available to states (The Hill)
Nearly $50 billion in federal funds is available to states for the spring and summer construction season through a new law, the Transportation Department announced Wednesday.
The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HIRE) extends funding authority for surface transportation programs through the end of […]
ABC Reform
If there’s consensus on reforming state liquor sales, it wasn’t apparent during the latest meeting of legislative study committee charged with evaluating the system. Committee members examined a series of proposals intended to ensure store profitability, provide the state ABC Commission with more authority over local boards, and create ethics and pay standards for […]
Editorial: Bridging gap on transportation needs (Salisbury Post)
Gov. Beverly Perdue’s proposed state budget answers one question of particular interest to Rowan and Davidson County residents: How does the state plan to pay for replacement of the I-85 Yadkin River Bridge?
Previously, after the state learned it would get only $10 million in federal stimulus funds to […]
City bucks Senate proposal (Richmond County Daily Journal)
The City of Rockingham has voiced “strong opposition” to a Senate bill it believes would mandate that municipalities engage in collective bargaining with public safety employee unions, including firefighters.
The city recently settled a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit with 10 members of its fire department after they signed […]
