Policy & Funding

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Highway Trust Fund Running on Empty Repairs to highways, bridges and transit cost more than the gas tax takes in and the HTF is…

Policy & FundingJuly 8, 2014

In a rare 100-0 vote in the U.S. Senate, new Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx was confirmed in June 2013. The now-former…

Policy & FundingJuly 24, 2013

It's been a busy couple of weeks in the realm of infrastructure. Or, at least insofar as talking about infrastructure.

Policy & FundingFebruary 15, 2013

For many farmers and residents of rural areas in the U.S., it's like a step back into time. Due to inadequate road repair funds,…

Policy & FundingApril 16, 2012

With an untold number of potholes on American highways, roads and streets, there are concerns that a pending piece of federal…

Policy & FundingMarch 21, 2012

The economics and politics of infrastructure investment by the public sector perhaps in partnership with the private sector in…

Policy & FundingFebruary 9, 2012

San Francisco voters approved a $250 million bond measure by a two-to-one margin in November 2011 to fix their streets,…

Policy & FundingJanuary 20, 2012

As the presidential primaries advance, potholes and infrastructure are finally becoming part of the discussion. A $325,000…

Policy & FundingJanuary 16, 2012

In the past month, for the second time in the two-and-a-half-year-old Obama Administration, discussion of a vehicle miles traveled…

Policy & FundingJune 23, 2011

Linking the quality of roads, bridges and rail to his state's global competitiveness, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has told…

Policy & FundingJune 9, 2011

President Obama wants to blame Republicans, but a major opportunity to repair infrastructure was missed in 2009. President Obama…

Policy & FundingMay 19, 2011

Massachusetts Gov. Duval Patrick in Mass is proposing a major funding increase to fix streets and bridges – including and…

Policy & FundingMarch 22, 2011