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Tag: infrastructure funding
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Republican, Democratic platforms mum on trucking but for infrastructure investment plans
The two major political parties in the U.S. said very little about trucking in their official 2016 platforms. The two also offer different paths forward for the country’s transportation infrastructure. Details here…
August 11, 2016
Channel 19
Roundup: Remembering McGuire Trucking of Ga.; infrastructure process change needed; ‘disparate impact’ in CSA algorithm?
Two recommended reads out on the web — and remembering a fleet whose owner recently passed with one of our Reader Rigs gallery contributors.
September 12, 2015
Business
Rhode Island proposes truck-only toll
“Highway robbery” — trucking associations respond to Rhode Island’s move to a ten-year plan to fund repair of the state’s deteriorating infrastructure by adding a truck-only toll on 17-20 bridges.
May 29, 2015
Business
Infographic: ATA makes plea to Congress for higher fuel taxes, better highways
Inflation, better fuel economy and increased costs of labor and construction “have eroded…the purchasing power” of the Highway Trust Fund, ATA says, adding that increasing fuel taxes would help mitigate the revenue shortfall. Infographic included.
January 28, 2015
Business
House clears 6-month highway funding patch
An $11 billion highway funding plan passed the House on Tuesday and would patch the Highway Trust Fund for six months, but the bill does nothing to address the systemic shortfall in federal transportation and infrastructure funding.
July 16, 2014
Business
DOT’s Foxx pushing for long-term highway bill on week-long bus tour
Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is on the road this week pushing the Obama administration’s four-year $302 billion plan and making localities and citizens aware of the Highway Trust Fund’s nosedive.
April 17, 2014
Business
President unveils $302 billion highway funding plan, presses Congress to act
President Barack Obama laid out Wednesday a four-year, $302 billion highway funding plan proposal, calling on Congress to enact tax reform as a means of finding money to fund the Highway Trust fund and increase federal spending on the country’s ailing roadways.
February 27, 2014
Business
President briefly mentions bolstering natural gas, infrastructure funding in SOTU
The president made brief mentions of infrastructure funding and increasing use of natural gas in his State of the Union address Tuesday, but trucking industry reps say he could have been more specific regarding funding.
January 29, 2014
Business
House bill would boost freight, transportation funding with 1 percent shipping fee
A bill reintroduced in the U.S. House last week would, if passed, take steps toward bolstering federal funding for freight movement projects in the U.S. by implementing a 1 percent shipping fee, to be paid by the entity paying for the shipment.
January 14, 2014
Business
House introduces bill that would raise fuel tax 15 cents to fund highways
Presented as a highway funding solution, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced into the House today a bill that if enacted would institute a 15-cent increase per gallon in fuel taxes.
December 4, 2013
Business
Conference: U.S. needs to shore up infrastructure funding for better roads, better economy
The Highway Trust Fund will likely be completely dried up by 2015, and the U.S. must act to shore up funding both for improved infrastructure but also for overall health of the U.S. economy, speakers said at the IFF Summit.
November 21, 2013
Business
Maryland House bill proposes fuels-tax changes
Maryland bill HB 1515 would generate an additional $3.4 billion for state highway and transit projects in part with a new 2 percent motor fuel sales and equivalent use-tax rate on retail gas price.
March 11, 2013
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