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Federal Highway Administration Budget Estimates: Fiscal Year 2012

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

FHWA’s FY 2012 budget requests $70.5 billion ($69.9 billion net of rescission) and represents a new paradigm in funding our nation’s highways. This request represents the first year of the Administration’s six-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal, which provides $336 billion from FY 2012 to 2017 for highway programs. The proposal reflects a 48 percent increase in funding for road and bridge improvements and construction from the $227 billion authorized in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).

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Tags: Budget, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, Fiscal Year 2012
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Funding, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Roads

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Annapolis, MD: CSX Maintenance Of Way & Vulcan Construction Rail Repair

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

A CSX MOW crew operates on the tracks at the Annapolis Junction – Engine201 on YouTube

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Tags: Annapolis, CSX, Maryland, Vulcan
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Employment, Rail, Show Us Your Infra

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President calls for Transportation Bill, while some Advisors call for 2nd Stimulus

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

TRANSPORTATION ISSUES DAILY
Written by: Larry Ehl

Last week President Obama announced he is “going to be putting out more proposals, week by week, that will help businesses hire and put people back to work.” He addressed transportation specifically: “Tell Congress to get past their differences and send me a road construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports. I mean, think about it. America used to have the best stuff — best roads, best airports, best seaports. We’re slipping behind because we’re not investing in it, because of politics and gridlock. Do you want to put people to work right now rebuilding America? You’ve got to send that message to Congress. ”

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Tags: Larry Ehl, Transportation Bill, Transportation Issues Daily
Posted in Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Guest Post, Infra Views, National, Policy, Recession, Recovery, Republican

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NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell discuss Building America’s Future’s latest report “Falling Apart and Falling Behind:”

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Bloomberg and Rendell talk infrastructure.

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Tags: BAF, Building America's Future, Falling Apart and Falling Behind, Hon. Ed Rendell, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, New York, NYC, Pennsylvania
Posted in Bipartisan, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Highway, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Recession, Recovery, Republican, Roads, Tax, The Infra Blog

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Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Building America’s Future’s just released a report entitled, Falling Apart and Falling Behind. InfrastructureUSA’s Managing Director Steve Anderson discussed the findings with former Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell, a Co-Chair of President of Building America’s Future’s Educational Fund (BAF), and Marcia Hale, President of BAF.

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Tags: BAF, BAF Ed Fund, Building America's Future, Building America's Future Educational Fund, Falling Apart and Falling Behind, Hon. Ed Rendell, Marcia Hale
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Competitiveness, Congestion, Dams, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Funding, Highway, Jobs, Levees, Local, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, Republican, Roads, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Monday, August 8th, 2011

BUILDING AMERICA’S FUTURE

Rebuilding America’s economic foundation is one of the most important missions we face in the 21st century. Our parents and grandparents built America into the world’s leading economic superpower. We have a responsibility to our own children and grandchildren to strengthen—not squander —that inheritance, and to pass on to them a country whose best days are still ahead.

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Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Building America's Future, California, Edward Rendell, Michael Bloomberg, New York, Pennsylvania
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Dams, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Energy, Funding, High Speed Rail, Highway, Infra Views, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, Republican, Roads, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Transit

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Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project (TRIP) Bonds

Friday, July 29th, 2011

How Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project Bonds Work

Looking to leverage private investment and an untapped market for tax credit bonding to rebuild America’s transportation infrastructure, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) have introduced legislation to create a tax credit bond program dedicated to transportation infrastructure. Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project bonds or TRIPs will be a financing tool to fund the rebuilding of the nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure.

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Tags: Alaska, North Dakota, Oregon, Senator John Joeven, Senator Mark Begich, Senator Ron Wyden, Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project Bonds, TRIP
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Equity, Funding, Highway, Infra Views, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Recession, Recovery, Republican, Roads, Transit

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L.A. “Carmageddon” Time Lapse – The 405 in 4:05

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

A Time Lapse short film of the 405 Freeway closure in Los Angeles, July 15th – July 17th. 5 Photographers worked on this project. They are: Darren Bates (www.darren-bates.com) Andy Thompson Titano Cruz (www.titanocruz.com) John Moody Byron Valino All scenes were shot during the weekend of July 15th through 17th, 2011 This is just a […]

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Tags: Carmageddon, I-405, Los Angeles
Posted in Congestion, Employment, Highway, Local, Pollution, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Transit

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Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study of Employment Impacts

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure such as side-walks, bike lanes, and trails, can all be used for transportation, recreation, and fitness. These types of infrastructure have been shown to create many benefits for their users as well as the rest of the community. Some of these benefits are economic, such as increased revenues and jobs for local businesses, and some are non-economic benefits such as reduced congestion, better air quality, safer travel routes, and improved health outcomes.

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Tags: Infrastructure, Pedestrian, Political Economy Research Institute, UMass
Posted in Biking, Clean Air, Employment, Environment, Infra Views, Jobs, National, Pollution, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Smart Growth

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