HOUSE,
SENATE REAUTHORIZATION
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
TO GO TO WORK IN EARLY MAY
SEN.
BOXER TO PUSH TWO-YEAR, $109 BILLION REAUTHORIZATION
WITH HOUSE NEGOTIATORS
DURING THREE-MONTH REPRIEVE, ATTENTION TURNS TO
ENACTMENT OF LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION BILL
AGC
TESTIMONY BEFORE BUDGET COMMITTEE APRIL 5 OUTLINES
PERILS TO PROGRAM IF LONG-TERM REAUTHORIZATION IS NOT
ACHIEVED
UNDER PRESSURE, HOUSE BILL DELAYED AS SENATE
PASSES TWO-YEAR REAUTHORIZATION
EXTENSION
OF MARCH 31 DEADLINE FOR REAUTHORIZATION PLANNED FOR
LATE MARCH
MASS TRANSIT FUNDING BACK IN HOUSE BILL AS MARCH
31 DEADLINE LOOMS FOR REAUTHORIZATION
REMOVAL
OF MASS TRANSIT FUNDING WAS TOO CONTENTIOUS AN ISSUE FOR
REFORM OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BILL
REFORM, STREAMLINING,
EARMARK ERADICATION, JOBS
KEY ELEMENTS OF NEW HOUSE
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION
REVENUE
FROM OFFSHORE DRILLING EXPECTED TO COME FROM WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF BILL
PASS THE HAT: ALL
STATES WERE 'DONEE' STATES FROM 2005 TO 2009,
ACCORDING TO GAO REPORT
EVERY STATE GOT MORE
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION THAN IT
CONTRIBUTED IN GAS TAXES AND FEES
DEVOLUTION
2011: SENATORS SAY LET STATES OPT OUT OF
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM
STATES COULD OPT OUT OF
MASS TRANSIT PROGRAM AS WELL
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE: HIGHWAY FUNDING BETTER-SERVED BY MILEAGE
FEES
WITH GAS TAX INCREASE
SEEMINGLY OFF THE TABLE, MILEAGE FEES COULD COVER
ROAD WEAR-AND-TEAR FROM ELECTRICS AND HYBRIDS, WHILE
BEING FAIRER TO CONVENTIONAL VEHICLES
U.S. DEBT COMMISSION
URGES 15-CENT INCREASE IN FEDERAL GAS TAX
BY 2013-2015
AGC LAUDS DEFICIT-CUTTING
PROPOSALS
OFFICIAL U.S. DEBT
COMMISSION REPORT FROM DEC. 1, 2010; SEE PAGE 21
IN MAJOR POLICY
SHIFT, BIKES NOW EQUAL TO AUTOS, DOT SEC'Y SAYS
LA HOOD SPEAKS TO BIKE
CONFERENCE IN PORTLAND, DESCRIBES BIG POLICY CHANGE
THAT LIKELY WILL APPEAR IN REAUTHORIZATION PROPOSAL
NATIONAL COMMISSION
RECOMMENDS SCRAP OF FUEL TAX IN FAVOR OF VEHICLE
MILES TRAVELED TAX OVER 10 YEARS
COMMISSION ALSO
RECOMMENDS SHORT-TERM 10 CENTS/GAL GAS TAX AND 15
CENTS/GAL DIESEL TAX INCREASES, WITH NEW
PUBLIC-PRIVATE REVENUE STREAMS, EXPANDED
TOLLING AND CONGESTION PRICING
NATIONAL COMMISSION
REPORT, RELEASED ON JAN. 15, 2008
TOLLS, PRIVATE
SECTOR
MAY BUILD HALF OF NEW
EXPRESSWAYS IN COMING DECADE
BUT
PUBLIC BACKLASH MAY HAMPER SHIFT, AND SYSTEM NEEDS
STILL WON'T BE MET, SAYS AASHTO'S HORSLEY AT ARTBA
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FUNDS SHORTAGE
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A SHORTFALL IN FUNDING
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INDUSTRY,
LEGISLATORS HUSTLE
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April 2002 -- Back then it looked like the road
construction and maintenance industry would recover most
of the surface transportation funding cuts planned by
the Bush administration for FY 2003, which begins Oct.
1.
YEAR 2001
SEASON
WAS WATERSHED
IN WORK ZONE
SAFETY
September 2001 --
During the 2001 road work season, the industry
stepped up its war on work zone fatalities and
injuries with new efforts at the national level,
and among states as well
FEDS, STATES
AND PRIVATE SECTOR SCRAMBLE TO DELIVER PROJECTS
July 2001 --
Transportation Secretary Mineta vows more concrete
is on way, as inadequate funding no longer main
issue for highway, airport work
ATTACK ON
FEDERAL GAS TAX RESUMES AS CONGESTION
PROBLEMS
INCREASE
May 2001 -- A
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part of the federal gas tax -- even if temporary --
would endanger the highway industry's attempts
to reduce the backlog of U.S. highway infrastructure
construction needs.
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ASPHALT INDUSTRY
HEAVES SIGH OF RELIEF
AS NIOSH EASES AWAY
FROM FUMES FINDING
May 2001 -- The
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government isn't about to declare fumes from asphalt
paving operations to be carcinogenic.
FHWA
INCLUDES WORK ZONE MOBILITY IN NOTICE OF
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
FOCUS
ON DRIVER DEATHS IN WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK
ABANDONMENT
OF THE RESTRICTED ZONE
BY SUPERPAVE SPECS
WILL MEAN BETTER
MARKET
FOR AGGREGATE
GRADATIONS
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REFERENCE AND ARCHIVAL MATERIAL!
ANALYSIS
How Gore-Lieberman Win Would Have Impacted U.S. Fuel
Taxes, Prices (October 2000)
Will Lack of "Hard" Research Cause
F-SHRP to Fall Flat? (March 2000)
Don't Ignore the Soccer Moms and Dads
(August 1998)
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