Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified on his department’s priorities before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. In his opening remarks, Secretary Buttigieg said “the infrastructure status quo is a threat” and emphasized the need to make a “generational investment” in transportation infrastructure. He also talked about the importance of creating resilient infrastructure and confronting inequities. Throughout the hearing, lawmakers questioned the secretary about transportation technologies, low-emission transit systems, aviation safety issues, high-speed rail funding, the Highway Trust Fund and the permitting process for infrastructure projects.
View this complete post...Posts Tagged ‘Highway Trust Fund’
Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Testifies on Transportation Infrastructure Priorities
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021ACEC’s Darr Notes Urgency of Infrastructure Investment in New Podcast
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
Solutions to fix and sustainably grow the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and modernize the nation’s infrastructure are needed now, says American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) President and CEO Linda Bauer Darr in the newest podcast from the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition.
View this complete post...Delaying the Rebuilding of Our Infrastructure Impacts American Progress
Friday, April 5th, 2019
In this most recent ATM video, a discussion on why infrastructure investment must be a priority for our elected leaders and why Congress must act sooner rather than later.
View this complete post...Chairman Shuster’s Vision Statement: Infrastructure Discussion Draft
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) unveils his vision statement and infrastructure discussion draft, “intended to further the national conversation about the current state of America’s infrastructure and highlight some of the major roadblocks to funding and improving our transportation network. “
View this complete post...Senate provides infrastructure funding in new minibus appropriations bill
Monday, August 6th, 2018Although there is no compromise in sight on an omnibus spending bill, House members left the Capitol for a month-long August break. However, members of the Senate stayed behind and just passed a “minibus” appropriations package. The package includes allocations to several federal agencies, including billions of dollars in funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT).
View this complete post...AASHTO Executive Director Bud Wright Talks Transportation on CSPAN
Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
On January 4th 2018, Bud Wright, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), appeared live on CSPAN’s Washington Journal. The broadcast focused on the topic of infrastructure investment and the challenges ahead this year. Wright spoke on behalf AASHTO’s members; the transportation departments in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This video contains experts of Wright’s comments about key issues such as public and private transportation investment, project streamlining and fixing the troubled Highway Trust Fund.
View this complete post...Alabama: Top 50 Projects to Support Economic Growth and Quality of Life
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016TRIP
While the modest funding increase and certainty provided by the FAST Act are a step in the right direction, the funding falls far short of the level of needed to improve conditions and meet the nation’s mobility needs and fails to deliver a sustainable, long-term source of revenue for the federal Highway Trust Fund.
Highway Boondoggles 2: More Wasted Money and America’s Transportation Future
Friday, January 22nd, 2016
U.S. PIRG EDUCATION FUND
FRONTIER GROUP
America is in a long-term transportation funding crisis. Our roads, bridges and transit systems are falling into disrepair. Demand for public transportation, as well as safe bicycle and pedestrian routes, is growing. Traditional sources of transportation revenue, especially the gas tax, are not keeping pace with the needs. Even with the recent passage of a five-year federal transportation bill, the future of transportation funding remains uncertain.
AASHTO TV: The Pros and Cons of the FAST Act
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
Congress has approved Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) – the first long-term highway and transit program authorization in a decade –giving state DOTs the certainty to plan and implement significant investments in the nation’s aging infrastructure. In this Transportation TV Exclusive American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director Bud Wright and AASHTO Chief Operating Officer Jim Tymon react to the historic legislation. Wright and Tymon rely on their years of transportation policy expertise to examine the highlights and downsides of the FAST ACT.
View this complete post...Beyond Repair? America’s Infrastructure Crisis Is Local
Friday, October 30th, 2015
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH
While states own a large portion of highly traveled roads, such as interstate highways, local governments are responsible for the majority of roadway mileage. Counties and municipalities, including minor civil divisions such as townships, are responsible for 3.1 million miles of roads and streets. Only 430,000 miles (14 percent) of these are part of the federal aid system. The remaining 2.7 million (86 percent) are nonfederal aid. By contrast, 72 percent of the 780,000 miles of state-owned roads are in the federal aid system (Figure 1).
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