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Ed Talks: Federal Investment in Infrastructure & Transportation is the American Dream in Action
Monday, September 20th, 2021Ed Talks: Aggregates Exec Discusses How Waning Infrastructure & Underfunding Hurt America
Friday, March 12th, 2021It’s a Friday afternoon after a week of frigid temperatures and winter storms and Gary Johnson is speaking with the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition about the necessity for viable and sustainable federal transportation investment.
View this complete post...FAST Act Extended One Year — But ATM Members Tell Radio Newsmakers There Are Policy Miles to Go
Friday, October 23rd, 2020Member organizations of the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition took part in a recent national Radio Media Tour (RMT). They advocated a Congressional furtherance of the FAST Act and for a longer-term federal investment plan to rebuild aging highways, bridges and public transit.
View this complete post...Insufficient Infrastructure Funding Impacts U.S. Mobility and Companies Such as UPS
Wednesday, January 8th, 2020AMERICANS FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COALITION (ATM) Originally posted in FasterBetterSafer Part Two of a Two-Part Series. Read Part One Here. “If every UPS vehicle is five minutes late due to congestion per day, it costs the company $114 million annually,” says Tom Jensen, Vice President of Transportation Policy at UPS. Whether it’s legislative or regulatory […]
View this complete post...More Private Investment Can Help Us Tackle Our Nation’s Growing Infrastructure Deficit
Friday, August 11th, 2017There are a number of answers to that question, including direct federal funding, revolving loan programs, tax-preferred financing, and public-private partnerships (known as P3s). The best infrastructure funding solution would make use of all of these options. And let’s not forget about the gas tax. It hasn’t been raised since 1993. It will take courage on the part of lawmakers to raise it, but it’s a common-sense option that should be on the table. Moreover, a long-term, sustainable source for funding the Highway Trust Fund should serve as the anchor for any plan.
View this complete post...Infrastructure: An Investment Worth Making
Thursday, April 6th, 2017America’s infrastructure is the safest investment our nation can make. But investing means more than tossing money at the problem. We need to streamline approval for construction projects, create more opportunities for public-private partnerships, and find a sustainable long-term funding mechanism to guarantee that projects can be completed down the road.
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Ed Mortimer, Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016“I think it’s the first time in recent history that we’ve seen two presidential candidates talk about the infrastructure needs and willingness to address the infrastructure funding deficit…So we really feel like the public is starting to get more engaged, starting to understand that we do have infrastructure needs around the country and are willing to come to the table to have serious discussions to figure out how to solve these problems.”
View this complete post...Monumental Issues: Talking Infrastructure with Ed Mortimer
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016Ed Mortimer, Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, talks about America’s infrastructure needs.
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