Support for InfrastructureUSA.org
has been provided by these organizations and individuals:

John Hennessy III,
P.E.

Archive for the ‘Tax’ Category

View the newest posts »

The Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Project: Florida Taxpayer Risk Assessment

Friday, January 14th, 2011
Table 1: Comparison of Cost Elements: Florida High-Speed Rail and California High- Speed Rail (Initial Segment)

REASON FOUNDATION
Governor Rick Scott is evaluating whether to proceed with construction of the proposed Tampa to Orlando high-speed rail project. The potential cost to Florida taxpayers is a principal factor in this evaluation. Capital cost escalation, revenue shortfalls and higher than projected operating costs are common in high-speed rail projects. Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Governor-elect John Kasich of Ohio have cancelled projects funded by the Obama administration’s high-speed rail program and foregone the federal funding because of cost concerns such as these.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Funding, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, Local, Policy, Rail, Tax

Comments Off on The Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Project: Florida Taxpayer Risk Assessment

Skepticism About High-Speed Rail Is Growing

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

“Spend first, answer questions later.” So concludes a critical editorial in the January 12 edition of the Washington Post, commenting on California’s proposed $43 billion High-Speed Rail program. The Post editorial, along with a January 11 article in the New York Times (both of which we reprint below), are emblematic of the increasingly skeptical press and public opinion concerning the fiscal and economic soundness of the Obama Administration’s high-speed rail initiative.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Bipartisan, Funding, High Speed Rail, Innovation Newsbriefs, Jobs, National, Policy, Rail, Tax, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Skepticism About High-Speed Rail Is Growing

AASHTO Presents Top 10 Transportation Issues for the New Year

Monday, January 10th, 2011

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has compiled a list of the top 10 distinct and pressing transportation issues that loom at the local, state, and federal levels as 2011 begins. Congressional enactment of a long-term surface transportation reauthorization measure tops the list.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Bipartisan, Congestion, Funding, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Rail, Roads, Sustainability, Tax

Comments Off on AASHTO Presents Top 10 Transportation Issues for the New Year

Do Roads Pay for Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Gas tax map

U.S. PIRG
Highways do not—and, except for brief periods in our nation’s history—never have paid for themselves through the taxes that highway advocates label “user fees.” Yet highway advocates continue to suggest they do in an attempt to secure preferential access to scarce public resources and to shape how those resources are spent.

View this complete post...

Tags: , ,
Posted in Funding, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Recovery, Roads, Smart Growth, Tax, Transit

Comments Off on Do Roads Pay for Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding

The Outlook for the Federal Transportation Program in the Next Congress

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Innovation NewsBriefs Vol. 21, No. 32 Remarks by Kenneth Orski, Editor-Publisher of Innovation NewsBriefs before the Transportation Leaders session at the National Conference of State Legislatures, Phoenix, AZ, December 9, 2010 Broadly speaking, we can expect the changing balance of power in the next Congress to manifest itself in two ways: a strong push to […]

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Bipartisan, Congestion, Funding, Highway, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Recovery, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit

Comments Off on The Outlook for the Federal Transportation Program in the Next Congress

A Fresh Look at the Prospects for Transportation in the New Congress

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Last month we conducted an informal survey among colleagues in the transportation community about the outlook for the federal surface transportation program in the year(s) ahead…One comment from a veteran transportation insider summed up concisely the collective mindset: “There will be nothing ‘transformational’ about the future program,” he opined.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Bipartisan, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Recession, Recovery, Republican, Tax, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on A Fresh Look at the Prospects for Transportation in the New Congress

Investments for a Competitive and Healthy Minnesota: A Playbook for Minnesota’s New Governor

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Recommendations 1

About 1000 Friends of Minnesota
Minnesota needs a transportation system that is safer, enhances and preserves communities, and saves families and businesses money through greater reliance on public transit, bicycling, and walking, and better maintenance of the infrastructure we already have. Transportation is about much more than getting from A to B. It is not an end, but it should be a means for a community to achieve broader goals of economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and environmental sustainability.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Congestion, Democrat, Environment, Equity, Funding, Land Use, Local, Policy, Pollution, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Republican, Roads, Schools, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Tax, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on Investments for a Competitive and Healthy Minnesota: A Playbook for Minnesota’s New Governor

Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert Paaswell, Ph.D., Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems

Monday, November 1st, 2010
paaswell-robert

Dr. Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at the City College of New York, is also the founding Director of the City University Institute for Urban Systems, a major University-wide initiative to examine the intersection of new technology, changing institutional structure and innovative finance on the provision of infrastructure in the 21 st Century. Paaswell is Director Emeritus of the federally supported University Transportation Research Center (UTRC).

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Biking, Bridges, Buses, Clean Air, Competitiveness, Congestion, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, Land Use, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert Paaswell, Ph.D., Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems

Prospects for Transportation Legislation and Other Infrastructure Ventures

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

What are the prospects for surface transportation legislation in the 112th Congress? We explored this question informally in conversations on the sidelines of several recent meetings and conferences, by reviewing debates on the National Journal’s Transportation Blog and by soliciting observations from colleagues in the transportation community.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, High Speed Rail, Highway, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit

Comments Off on Prospects for Transportation Legislation and Other Infrastructure Ventures

Gridlock Sam: The Tea Party’s Bridge to Beyond Nowhere

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

BLUEPRINT AMERICA
It’s so easy to get on the bandwagon: lower my taxes, smaller and more efficient government, don’t touch my liberties, throw the bums out, etc. But what if that bandwagon has to cross a bridge? And what if that bridge hasn’t been maintained in years?

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Congestion, Funding, Infra Views, National, Policy, Roads, Tax

Comments Off on Gridlock Sam: The Tea Party’s Bridge to Beyond Nowhere

« More posts
View the newest posts »
Follow InfraUSA on Twitter Facebook YouTube Flickr

CATEGORIES


Show us your infra! Show us your infra!

Video, stills and tales. Share images of the Infra in your community that demands attention. Post your ideas about national Infra issues. Go ahead. Show Us Your Infra!  Upload and instantly share your message.

Polls Polls

Is the administration moving fast enough on Infra issues? Are Americans prepared to pay more taxes for repairs? Should job creation be the guiding determination? Vote now!

Views

What do the experts think? This is where the nation's public policy organizations, trade associations and think tanks weigh in with analysis on Infra issues. Tell them what you think.  Ask questions.  Share a different view.

Blog

The Infra Blog offers cutting edge perspective on a broad spectrum of Infra topics. Frequent updates and provocative posts highlight hot button topics -- essential ingredients of a national Infra dialogue.

Dear Friends,

 

It is encouraging to finally see clear signs of federal action to support a comprehensive US infrastructure investment plan.

 

Now more than ever, our advocacy is needed to keep stakeholders informed and connected, and to hold politicians to their promises to finally fix our nation’s ailing infrastructure.

 

We have already engaged nearly 280,000 users, and hoping to add many more as interest continues to grow.

 

We require your support in order to rise to this occasion, to make the most of this opportunity. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to InfrastructureUSA.org.

 

Steve Anderson

Managing Director

 

SteveAnderson@InfrastructureUSA.org

917-940-7125

InfrastructureUSA: Citizen Dialogue About Civil Infrastructure