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Missouri, Welcome to the Era of the Broke State DOT

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 6, 2011 | 5 Comments

Word went out in a press release early last month: The Missouri Department of Transportation would be eliminating 1,200 jobs, closing 135 facilities and selling 740 pieces of equipment. “This is about survival,” said MoDOT spokesman Jorma Duran. “This is about making sure our roads and bridges continue to be maintained and operable.” Drastic times […]

Fmr. Comptroller General: We Can’t Solve Our Problems With Spending Cuts

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 3, 2011 | No Comments

In an op-ed in this morning’s New York Times, Laura D’Andrea Tyson argues for increased investment in infrastructure, pointing out that the nation’s infrastructure will deteriorate quickly if spending is not increased. Tyson chaired the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton and currently serves on President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. “Infrastructure spending, […]

What The Debt Ceiling Vote Means For Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 1, 2011 | No Comments

Yesterday, the House of Representatives took a “symbolic” vote on raising the debt ceiling without any “strings attached” – i.e., the trillion dollars worth of spending cuts the Republicans are insisting on before they’ll agree to raise the debt ceiling. The vote went how it was supposed to go: not a single Republican voted for […]

Mica and Nadler Duke It Out on the Pages of Politico Over Transpo Funding

By Tanya Snyder | May 23, 2011 | No Comments

In an op-ed in Politico this morning, House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) calls for getting rid of waste and inefficiencies in the transportation system, shifting more power to the states, and “doing more with less.” The emphasis, of course, being on the word “less.” Mica is still gunning for a bill at existing […]

Without Adequate Federal Funding, Will States Raise Their Own Gas Taxes?

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 25, 2011 | 15 Comments

Connecticut state senators just voted to increase the state gas tax by three cents. The New Hampshire House Speaker has proposed cutting theirs by five cents – but only for two months, to help drivers bear the pain of high gas prices. In Georgia, the gas tax jumps every time gas prices go up by […]

FedEx Chair, New Mexico City Official Ask Senate for Multimodal Transpo Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 14, 2011 | No Comments

Congressional committees charged with drafting the new transportation bill have been holding hearings to seek input from stakeholders around the country. In today’s installment, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard from five state DOT chiefs, one city official, and the chair of FedEx. Those witnesses’ pleas to the committee ranged from bike trails […]

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