The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 3.1% in March from the same month in 2014, to the second highest-level on record, DOT said May 13.
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EPW to Mark Up 6-Year Highway Bill in June, ‘Can No Longer Wait On Congress’
Leaders of the transportation policy committee in the Senate said May 13 they will schedule a markup in June to consider a bill that reauthorizes surface highway programs for six years.
May 13, 2015Former DOT Chief to Congress: Raise Gas Tax 10¢, Index it
WASHINGTON — A way for Congress to ensure long-term funding for the country's highway system would be to approve a 10-cent gas tax increase and index the tax to inflation, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Transport Topics May 13.
May 13, 2015Panel Reports Transportation Funding Bill with HOS Provision to Full House
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee on May 13 voted 30-21 to send a fiscal 2016 transportation funding bill to the House floor after defeating a Democratic attempt to remove a provision that would add new requirements to a study on an hours of service rule for truckers.
May 13, 2015Virginia Says P3 Partnerships are Working, and the State Wants More
ARLINGTON, Va. — Virginia celebrated 20 years of public-private partnerships for infrastructure, recommended them to other states and is looking for a P3 arrangement to improve Interstate 66, which runs from Washington, D.C., to the west.
May 12, 2015Va. Gov. McAuliffe Says Congressional Inaction Imperils Road Projects
ARLINGTON, Va. — Virginia’s governor said his state will soon have to begin shutting down transportation improvement projects if Congress does not fund and reauthorize the federal Highway Trust Fund before the end of this month.
May 12, 2015Sen. Fischer Proposes Infrastructure Bank Legislation
With less than two weeks before funding authority for transportation projects expires, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) on May 12 introduced legislation that would establish an infrastructure bank.
May 12, 2015VP Biden: Highway Funding Patch to ‘Hopefully, Occur Very Soon’
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said Congress will soon unveil a highway funding patch that ensures states continue to receive federal funding assistance after transportation funding authority expires at the end of the month.
May 11, 2015DOT's Inspector General to Audit FMCSA Oversight of High-Risk Carriers
The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General is conducting an audit into concerns about the “timeliness and effectiveness” of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s reviews of carriers that pose a greater risk.
May 11, 2015Policymakers, Financiers Agree on Infrastructure Crisis, but Not on Funding Mechanisms
WASHINGTON — Policymakers and Wall Street veterans made pleas May 11 for greater investment in the nation’s infrastructure but acknowledged the stumbling block is still the same — how to pay for it.
May 11, 2015