All three governors who rejected the federal HSR grants — Govs. Walker, Kasich and Scott — told Sec. LaHood that their states could badly use that money for more urgent needs of fixing roads, bridges and transit systems and, in the case of Gov. Scott, rebuilding Florida’s ports in anticipation of the Panama Canal expansion. Yet Sec. LaHood turned a deaf ear to those requests, insisting that the stimulus money must be spent on high-speed rail — even though money spent on other modes could have been just as effective in creating jobs.
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From the National Journal Transportation Blog, Week of Feb 28…
Monday, February 28th, 2011From this week’s National Journal Transportation Blog…
Thursday, February 24th, 2011Transportation spending in the foreseeable future, we are told by congressional leaders, will be limited to the tax receipts deposited into the Highway Trust Fund. The President’s Budget submission said the same in so many words when it pledged that funding for surface transportation will be “paid for fully without increasing the deficit.”
View this complete Infra Blog post...A New Broadband Map from NTIC & FCC
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
“The National Broadband Map (NBM) is a searchable and interactive website that allows users to view broadband availability across every neighborhood in the United States.”
-Broadbandmap.gov
Mainstream Media Opinion Turns Against the High-Speed Rail Program Amid Attempts to Keep Florida’s HSR Project Alive
Monday, February 21st, 2011The trickle of criticism about the Administration’s high-speed rail (HSR) program several months ago has turned into a veritable torrent in recent days. Serious media opinion seems to have turned against HSR and this has enormously complicated the Administration’s efforts to turn congressional and public opinion around.
View this complete Infra Blog post...Florida Foregoes HSR Funding, American High Speed Rail Alliance Responds
Thursday, February 17th, 2011The Alliance hopes the federal stimulus dollars will be re-directed to other states investing in high speed rail projects. High speed rail investments provide both short-term economic stimulus and long-term competitive advantages that can significantly increase connectivity and productivity, while mitigating the costs of congestion.
View this complete Infra Blog post...America 2050: Florida Shouldn’t Have Shut Down HSR, BUT Let’s Move On
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
While Florida’s route was most feasible and ready-to-go, investment in many other corridors, including those in the Midwest, California and Northeast, will underpin long-term economic growth and success
View this complete Infra Blog post...A Few Questions Concerning the President’s FY 2012 Budget Submission
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011The President said he will make sure that his program will be “fully paid for” and pledged to work with Congress to ensure that funding for surface transportation does not increase the deficit. But these vague expressions of intent are hardly appropriate in a Budget message which traditionally was meant to offer Congress and the public concrete explanations on how the Administration intends to fund its proposed program initiatives.
View this complete Infra Blog post...Biden Announces $53 Billion for High-Speed Rail; the Infra Community Responds
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011“As President Obama said in his State of the Union, there are key places where we cannot afford to sacrifice as a nation – one of which is infrastructure…As a long time Amtrak rider and advocate, I understand the need to invest in a modern rail system that will help connect communities, reduce congestion and create quality, skilled manufacturing jobs that cannot be outsourced. This plan will help us to do that, while also increasing access to convenient high speed rail for more Americans.”
-Vice President Joe Biden
A $53 Billion High-Speed Rail Program to Nowhere
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Vice President Joe Biden announced today a plan to spend $53 billion over the next six years on passenger high-speed rail projects that will help reach the goal of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years. According to the announcement, the proposal will place high-speed rail “on equal footing with other surface transportation programs.” The initiative includes $8 billion in the President’s FY 2012 budget proposal, of which $4 billion will be focused on building new infrastructure and $4 billion will be dedicated to system preservation and renewal. The announcement makes no mention how the plan will be paid for.
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