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Performance Driven: Achieving Wiser Investment in Transportation

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Summary of Proposed Federal Surface Transportation Program 1

BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER
In the long term, the programmatic framework proposed in this report allows for the achievement of wiser investments. It offers a sound strategy for securing broad public support for policies and resource commitments that will allow the U.S. to continue to achieve high standards of living and remain competitive in a highly mobile, global economy. It provides a way to make substantial investment and tangible improvement to the vital transportation systems on which our nation depends.

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Adjusting to Fiscal and Political Realities

Monday, June 20th, 2011

The practical implications of this policy for the federal-aid transportation program are unambiguous: federal budget authority in FY 2012 and beyond will be limited to tax receipts flowing into the Highway Trust Fund. Those revenues (plus interest) will amount to an estimated $36.9 billion in 2011 according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)— $31.8 billion will be credited to the Highway Account and $5.1 billion to the Transit Account. Over the next ten years, CBO estimates these revenues will grow at an average rate of a little more than one percent per year, largely reflecting expected growth in motor fuel consumption. (“The Highway Trust Fund and Paying for Highways,” testimony of Joseph Kile, Asst. Director of CBO, before the Senate Finance Committee, May 17, 2011).

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Vision Los Angeles

Friday, June 17th, 2011
LA Transit System

VISION LOS ANGELES
Vision Los Angeles seeks to advance economic and environmental success for Los Angeles County by focusing on transportation mobility. It is led and driven by a partnership between a leading national environmental group, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and one of the premier business development organizations in California and the Los Angeles region, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC).

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Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR) 2010

Monday, June 6th, 2011
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BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS (BTS)
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION (RITA), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR) presents data and information compiled by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a component of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), to fulfill its legislative mandate. The RITA/BTS mandate covers all modes of transportation and calls for the collection and analysis of transportation data on topics relevant to USDOT’s strategic goals.

The Annual Highlights section focuses on recent USDOT efforts to collect, compile, analyze, and publish transportation data and analysis. Such efforts include the following:
* the Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation,
* Livable Communities and Environmental Sustainability highlights from the Omnibus Household Survey, and
* Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) data and analysis on Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) shipments.

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Missouri DOT: I-44 Gasconade River Bridge Time-Lapse

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The westbound lanes of I-44 at the Gasconade River east of Lebanon were opened to traffic after being closed for only 20 days instead of 60 days because of a new-to-Missouri “bridge jacking” construction technique.

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Repair Priorities: Transportation spending strategies to save taxpayer dollars and improve roads

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Routine preservation vs. deferred repairs

SMART GROWTH AMERICA & TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE
By underfunding repair and allowing roads to fall out of good condition, state leaders are choosing the most expensive type of repair possible, as rehabilitating a road that has completely deteriorated is substantially more expensive than keeping that road in good condition in the first place…Adding further urgency to these budget concerns is that with every dollar spent on new construction, states add to a road system they are already failing to adequately maintain. As a result, states face a large and growing financial burden.

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Building Boondoggles? Is Governor Walker Spending Billions on Four Roads to Nowhere?

Monday, May 30th, 2011
Table 1: The Cost of Four Highway Expansion Projects

WISPIRG
At a time when the State of Wisconsin is wielding an axe with many public programs and vital transportation services, it appears to be shoveling tax dollars toward four highly questionable highway expansion programs that could cost over $2 billion. The new construction largess is particularly troubling given that these tax dollars will be diverted from improving the state of repair on Wisconsin’s existing roads or transit systems, or from public structures such as schools and public safety in our local communities.

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Memorial Day 2011 – Are YOU in a Traffic Jam?

Monday, May 30th, 2011
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If you’re on the road this Memorial Day weekend, you’re not alone…nearly 35 million Americans are expected to travel this weekend – 88% of them in cars.

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80 Million Jobs Rely on Transportation- spread the word!

Friday, May 27th, 2011
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“Nearly 80 million American jobs in tourism, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, agriculture and forestry, general construction, mining, retailing and wholesaling rely on highways, bridges and rail systems every day…So it makes sense to get working on passage of the overdue highway/transit investment bill. A lot of working Americans are depending on it.”
-Transportation Construction Coalition

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Highways for LIFE: A Daunting Challenge

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Whether you manage a small dairy, or a large multinational corporation…or if you drive an 18-wheeler, delivering goods across our nation…the tremendous highway transportation system in our country impacts everybody, every day. For me, that impact’s always gone double. You see, I spent a 34-year career working for the Department of Transportation right here in […]

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