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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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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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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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Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Monday, August 8th, 2011
BAF: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

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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Why We Need Infrastructure Investment

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Written by: Bruce Josten

For the sake of near- and long-term job creation, stronger economic growth, and enhanced U.S. competitiveness, the Chamber strongly supports robust surface transportation reauthorization legislation that addresses revenue shortfalls and includes necessary and urgent policy and program reforms.

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How Might Transportation Funding be Impacted by Debt Deal?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

TRANSPORTATION ISSUES DAILY

Whether by the hands of the new fiscal commission or through the alternative automatic cuts, federal transportation funding is going to decline dramatically compared to recent years. The Senate transportation proposal, which counted on a $12 billion infusion of general funding, suddenly looks just a little less attainable. So too is the prospect of a better-funded bill in two years, if Congress doesn’t pass a bill this year.

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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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Will Federal Transportation Funding Stop if Debt Deal Falls Through?

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

TRANSPORTATION ISSUES DAILY Written by Larry Ehl If a debt deal isn’t reached and the government defaults, what might happen to transportation funding? According to an analysis by the well-respected Bipartisan Policy Commission (BPC) there would be barely enough funding to pay interest, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, defense, and unemployment benefits. In another scenario, […]

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RECOVERY ACT: Funding Used for Transportation Infrastructure Projects, but Some Requirements Proved Challenging

Monday, July 11th, 2011
Figure 1: Recovery Act Funds Appropriated for DOT programs

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Recipients continue to report using Recovery Act funds to improve the nation’s transportation infrastructure. Highway funds have been primarily used for pavement improvement projects, and transit funds have been primarily used to upgrade transit facilities and purchase buses. Recovery Act funds have also been used to rehabilitate airport runways and improve Amtrak’s infrastructure. The Recovery Act helped fund transportation jobs, but long-term benefits are unclear

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A NEW RETROFIT INDUSTRY: An analysis of the job creation potential of tax incentives for energy efficiency in commercial buildings and other components of the Better Buildings Initiative

Monday, June 20th, 2011
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POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The pursuit of energy efficiency in commercial and multifamily buildings would lead to more than 114,000 new jobs in many industries hard hit by the recession. The President’s Better Buildings Initiative seeks to tap into that job creation potential with a suite of policies designed to encourage the pursuit of energy efficiency…

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