Oregon DOT installing EV charging stations along Interstate 5 and into Central Oregon – OregonDOT on YouTube
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Oregon DOT: Readying the EV (Electric Vehicle) Trail
Monday, February 20th, 2012One Design – 10,000 Bridges
Thursday, February 16th, 2012Medina, OR: SR-520 Road Construction
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012US DOT: Budget Highlights Fiscal Year 2013
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Investment in transportation is critical to the success of our Nation’s economy. The FY 2013 President’s Budget request will enable us to build America’s infrastructure for the future— while putting people back to work today.
Road Connection Video – For Better Roads and Bridges in the U.S.
Monday, February 13th, 2012The first of the series. These videos are designed to give you some serious knowledge about the strain being put on our national highway system. To help make positive change, visit www.theroadconnection.org and contact your congress member. – BulkInside on YouTube
View this complete post...In Defense of the House Highway Bill
Monday, February 13th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs Vol. 23, No.6 According to the latest (January) CBO estimates, the Highway Account of the Trust Fund is projected to be credited with $168.4 billion in gas tax revenue and interest over the next five years (FY 2012-2016) and the Transit Account with $24.8 billion. Since the House Ways and Means Committee has […]
View this complete post...The Economic Impact and Financing of Infrastructure Spending
Thursday, February 9th, 2012ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS
The goal of this report is to understand the short- and long-term effects of public infrastructure spending on the U.S. economy, as well as to contribute new suggestions towards alternative financing of future road construction.
America 2050: House Wages War on Transit
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012From America 2050: Last week, more than two years after the nation’s last five-year surface transportation law expired, the House of Representatives introduced its proposed legislation for rewriting the nation’s transportation laws. And boy, it is a doozy. Facing severely reduced gasoline tax receipts, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has proposed to cut many […]
View this complete post...Midway, WA: Cracked Pavement on Interstate-5
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012One of our top complaints? Interstate 5 is terrible! We know! We’re repairing as we get money, it one panel as a time. Interstate 5 is the most important highway in the state. It’s part of an interstate system that connects Mexico to Canada and is our economic lifeline. The roadway, designed in the 60’s […]
View this complete post...AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley on the House Transportation Bill
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley today issued this on-camera statement upon the release by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. Mr. Horsley also issued a written statement which is available on the AASHTO homepage at http://www.transportation.org/ – AASHTOVideo on YouTube
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