Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 32
At a post-election analysis of federal transportation policy convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Eno Center for Transportation on November 30, a panel of transportation insiders touched upon a variety of familiar questions. Is an increase in the gasoline tax truly off the table? Should it be?
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012Higher Gas Tax Unlikely to Gain Support in U.S. Congress
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 31
Although some infrastructure advocates are hoping to use the current budget negotiations to win support for an increase in the federal gasoline tax, the idea is unlikely to gain support in Congress or the Administration. While the 2010 Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction commission proposed raising the federal gas tax by 15 cents/gallon as part of a broad deficit-reduction plan, neither House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) nor Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) have endorsed the idea.
View this complete post...The Future of Passenger Rail in America
Monday, October 29th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 28 On October 19, an Amtrak passenger train hit 111 mph in a test run on a 15-mile stretch of track between Dwight and Pontiac, Illinois. It was the first tangible return from a three-year $1.5 billion program of improvements funded under the Administration’s high-speed rail initiative. The program hopes ultimately […]
View this complete post...Warnings of an “Infrastructure Crisis” are Meeting with Skepticism
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 26
Is the “infrastructure crisis” a myth or a reality? Many within the transportation community firmly believe that the crisis is real. They point out that many of our roads, bridges and transit systems are approaching the end of their useful life and are badly in need of repair, reconstruction and modernization.
Chicago Tribune Joins The Ranks Of High-Speed Rail Critics
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 25
Last year, in congressional testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on high speed rail, we cited the Chicago-to-St.Louis “high-speed rail” project as an example of the Administration’s wasteful use of its economic stimulus money. We pointed out that the $1.4 billion program of track upgrades will allow top speed of 110 mph but will raise average speeds of Amtrak trains between Chicago and St. Louis by only 10 miles per hour, from 53 to 63 mph.
After the Dust Has Settled… Some Reflections on the New Transportation Law (MAP-21)
Monday, July 9th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 21 By a vote of 373-52 in the House and a vote of 74-19 in the Senate, the lawmakers approved a two-year reauthorization of the federal surface transportation program on June 29, just one day before the program was set to expire. In so doing, Congress passed the first multi-year reauthorization […]
View this complete post...More Unwelcome News for the California High Speed Rail Project
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 19 Decidedly, early June has not been the best of times for the California high-speed rail project. On June 2, came a new poll showing that fifty-nine percent of voters would now oppose building high-speed rail if the measure were placed on the ballot again. Sixty-nine percent said that they would […]
View this complete post...Getting to Know the Finer Details of the Senate Highway Bill
Monday, April 23rd, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 15
As Rep. DeFazio observed, getting to know the finer details of the Senate highway bill (MAP-21, S. 1813) has taken on new significance now that a House-Senate conference negotiation on the reauthorization measure has become a reality. Understanding the Senate bill is important because the Senate measure is likely to become the basis of any final bill.
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