| | HOT Lanes, Expansion, Light Rail Planned For 270 Corridor 11/11-2009 10:19 (Wusa9.com) | ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- The Montgomery County Council has endorsed a plan to add reversible high-occupancy toll lanes on parts of Interstate 270 Solo commuters would have to pay to use the lanes endorsed unanimously in an informal vote on Tuesday, but carpools, vans and buses could travel on them for... | | | Making a case for toll roads 11/11-2009 04:30 (TheStar.com) | | | Economy stalls Mississippi toll road 09/11-2009 22:39 (Land Line Magazine) | The concept of a private-sector investor building the new Airport Parkway toll road in Mississippi is on hold because of the economy, officials said. Three Spanish-based conglomerates were on the short list to submit bids by a mid-September deadline, but a winning proposal did not emerge,... |
Extension for Build America Bonds Expected 10/11-2009 14:48 (Financial Planning) | Lawyer: Longer or Permanent Is... | | | Will a bigger U.S. highway bill help tractor makers? 10/11-2009 13:41 (Reuters Special Coverage News) | - Analysis CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. construction equipment industry has been lobbying hard in recent weeks to convince the Obama administration to support a bill that would nearly double federal spending on transportation infrastructure over the next six... | | | US Congress May Need To Raise Gasoline Tax - Sen. Durbin 10/11-2009 12:33 (Morningstar) | WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Senate's No. 2 Democrat believes Congress may need to raise the federal gasoline tax as early as next year to boost spending on highway projects, his spokesman confirmed Tuesday, as lawmakers renew their push for a major highway-construction... | | | Funding Transportation 10/11-2009 01:06 (The Energy Collective) | Elana Schor reports on efforts to fund the next transportation bill and notes that the latest craze is a move to tax oil futures and (perhaps) all stock... | | | Transportation Bill Isn't Moving Over Priorities, Funding Issues Health care overhaul dominates Congress; gas tax hike . . . anyone? 09/11-2009 15:37 (Lexis Nexis) | JED GRAHAM As the jobless rate nears 10% and Washington weighs more measures to lift the economy, idled digging machines descended on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to push for action on a new transportation... | | | OPINION: End Of Cheap Oil, End Of Road For Ruinous Lifestyle 08/11-2009 20:11 (Individual.com) | In 2004, writer David Owen wrote a piece for The New Yorker magazine that knocked conventional environmental thinking on its ear. His thesis was that if you look at what's important -- the amount of fossil fuels burned per capita -- the greenest city in the country, far and away, is New York,... | | | 53 cents before roadwork study, 94 after 08/11-2009 05:31 (Huntsville Times) | Cooperation of local leaders helps push priority list For the past three years, almost every politician stumping through Huntsville has mentioned this figure from a 2006 study: Over a 15-year period, Madison County got only 53 cents worth of roadwork for every $1 it sent to Montgomery in gasoline... |
Raise gas tax now; tolls idea is a long shot 05/11-2009 01:07 (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (AP)) | Those who are waiting for tolls on Interstate 80 to save that crumbling roadway had better not hold their breaths. Yes, a legislative committee last week agreed to sponsor a bill that would give I-80 tolling authority to the Wyoming Department of Transportation and the highway... | | | How to boost fuel efficiency? Raise taxes: execs 04/11-2009 11:35 (Reuters Business News) | DETROIT (Reuters) - There's a simple way to get Americans to drive fuel-efficient cars, according to auto executives, but they are not going to like it -- sharply hike the gas tax. | | | Number of HOV violators staggering 03/11-2009 12:27 (Wtop.com) | Adam Tuss, wtop.com ARLINGTON, Va. -- How many drivers are breaking the rules and riding solo in the HOV lanes in the area? A recent high-visibility enforcement effort from the Virginia State Police is providing a... | | | Florida drivers' gas tax flows far 03/11-2009 01:00 (Herald Tribune) | For every dollar they pay in federal gas taxes, drivers in Florida see roughly 14 cents spent on transportation projects in other states. For years, county and city commissioners in this area have griped about the loss of those dollars -- now estimated at roughly $300 million a year... | | | Pay to drive? 02/11-2009 15:52 (Virginia Business) | After Virginians go to the polls Tuesday, the discussion changes from rhetoric to reality. How will the state's new governor and other leaders generate funds at a time of billion-dollar budget deficits and falling revenues? One idea that keeps popping up is pay-to... | | | New Mass-DOT Opens Doors, But With Few Changes 02/11-2009 08:56 (WBUR Boston News) | BOSTON - The new Massachusetts Department of Transportation, opened its doors Sunday. It is widely hailed as one of the largest governmental reorganizations undertaken by the state in the past 50... |
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