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Wanted: A Reasoned Approach to Dealing with America’s Infrastructure Needs

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 24, No. 4
It seems like not a week goes by without fresh warnings about the nation’s “crumbling infrastructure” and renewed appeals to rebuild our aging highways and bridges. President Obama reinvigorated the campaign with his State-of-the-Union proposal for a $50 billion program of infrastructure investments, $40 billion of which would be devoted to a “fix-it-first” program targeted at urgent improvements such as “structurally deficient” bridges.

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Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, C. Kenneth Orski, Fix It First Program, Highway Trust, President Obama, State of the Union
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Guest Post, Highway, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Roads, The Infra Blog

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Proposed 2014 Transportation Budgets Differ Wildly. Who Will Win?

Monday, March 18th, 2013

Transportation Issues Daily Congress is about to establish a 2014 budget blueprint, with the House and Senate miles apart on the numbers. The House is likely to pass its resolution this week. The Senate may take a little longer, depending on how the 2013 continuing resolution debate and votes go this week. House Republicans and [...]

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Tags: House Budget Resolution, Proposed 2014 Transportation Budgets, Senate Budget Resolution, Transportation Issues Daily
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Democrat, Funding, Guest Post, National, Policy, Republican, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Obama’s $50 Billion Fix-It-First Program

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 24, No. 3
Reactions to President Obama’s $50 billion “Fix-It-First” infrastructure initiative continue to pour in. While the transportation industry and liberal advocacy groups publicly applaud the President, “insider reaction among the major transportation stakeholder groups amounts to profound disappointment on a private level,” wrote the influential Washington Letter on Transportation (WLT) in its latest issue.

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Tags: C. Kenneth Orski, FIx-It-First, Gary Hoitsma, President Obama, State of the Union Address, Washington Letter on Transportation
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Guest Post, National, Private Investment, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Infrastructure Advocacy and Public Credibility

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 24, No. 2
Last week, infrastructure was in the news again. President Obama, in his State of the Union address, proposed a $50 billion infrastructure initiative, $40 billion of which would be devoted to a “fix-it-first” program targeted at urgent improvements such as “structurally deficient” bridges. The following day, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing on “The Federal Role in America’s Infrastructure,” focusing on the importance of infrastructure for the U.S. economy and the federal role in its preservation and expansion.

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Tags: C. Kenneth Orski, FIx-It-First, President Obama, State of the Union Address
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Economic Stimulus, Guest Post, Highway, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, The Infra Blog

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Reactions to President Obama’s State of Union

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Transportation Issues Daily A number of transportation interests issued a news release offering a reaction to the President’s State of the Union. Here are excerpts from ones I could find. We republished Senator Boxer’s statement in full earlier. Gregory E. DiLoreto, president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): “President Obama’s ‘Fix-It-First’ plan is a great step toward [...]

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Tags: AASHTO, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Public Transportation Association, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, APTA, ARTBA, ASCE, Bud Wright, David Goldberg, Earl Blumenauer, FIx-It-First, Gregory DiLoreto, House Transportation Committee, International Bridge, John Robert Smith, MAP-21, Michael Melaniphy, Patrick Jones, Pete Ruane, Peter DeFazio, President Barack Obama, Reconnecting America, State of the Union Address, Transportation for America, Transportation Issues Daily, Tunnel and Turnprike Association
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Biking, Bipartisan, Bridges, Buses, Competitiveness, Congestion, Dams, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Equity, Funding, Guest Post, High Speed Rail, Highway, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Schools, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit

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ASCE on the President’s State of the Union Address

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

The following is a statement from Gregory E. DiLoreto, P.E., P.L.S, D.WRE, president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address: “As stewards of our nation’s infrastructure, the American Society of Civil Engineers applauds President Obama’s efforts to improve our country’s ailing infrastructure and get America back [...]

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Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Gregory DiLoreto P.E., President Obama, State of the Union
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Economic Stimulus, Equity, Funding, Guest Post, Highway, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit, Water Treatment

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President Obama’s State of the Union Address, 2013

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Transportation Issues Daily
Surprising many of us, President Obama proposed two new infrastructure programs in his State of the Union speech earlier this evening.

A “Fix-It-First” program would focus on putting “people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs” like deteriorating bridges and roads. A “Partnership to Rebuild America” would attract private capital to upgrade port infrastructure, pipelines, schools, and likely other infrastructure.

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Tags: FIx-It-First, Partnership to Rebuild America, President Obama, State of the Union, Transportation Issues Daily
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Funding, Guest Post, Highway, Jobs, National, Policy, Private Investment, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit

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New House Transportation Committee Member Will Advocate for High Speed Rail

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Transportation Issues Daily Newly-elected Representative Rick Nolan brings some real-world Congressional and transportation experience to his role on the House Transportation Committee issues. Nolan, a Democrat (D-FL) who will represent Minnesota’s 8th District, served in the House from 1975 and 1982. (He’s about to learn how today’s House is nothing like the House when he [...]

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Tags: FL, Florida, Northern Lights Express, Rick Nolan, Transportation Issues Daily
Posted in Guest Post, High Speed Rail, Local, Public Transportation, Rail, The Infra Blog

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Searching for Novel Approaches to Transportation Funding

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 24, No. 1
As we enter the New Year (and begin our 24th year of publication), the debate about transportation funding is taking a new turn. Talk of raising the federal gas tax has become muted and even the efficacy of the gas tax itself is being questioned. And no wonder: vehicles are becoming more fuel efficient, CAFE standards are becoming more stringent, vehicle use is leveling off, and hybrids and electric vehicles are expected to slowly but surely increase their market penetration.

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Tags: C. Kenneth Orski, Highway Trust Fund, Kentucky, KY, MA, MAP-21, Maryland, Massachusetts, MI, Michigan, Missouri, MO, OR, Oregon, PA, Pennsylvania, Tappan Zee Bridge, WA, Washington State, WI, Wisconsin, WY, Wyoming
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Congestion, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Guest Post, Highway, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Roads, Sustainability, Tax, The Infra Blog

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Revealed: House Transportation Committee Priorities for 2013

Monday, January 7th, 2013

Transportation Issues Daily Last week new House Transportation Chair Bill Shuster outlined the issues and legislation his Committee will focus on during 2013. Preparing for the renewal of surface transportation programs – the modification and renewal of MAP-21 – is of course on the list. Shuster addresses what will be the toughest issue: “Key to [...]

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Tags: House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster, Larry Ehl, MAP-21, Transportation Committee, Transportation Issues Daily
Posted in Accountability, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Guest Post, Highway, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Roads, The Infra Blog

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