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Bill CramerFebruary 24, 2015
As the dimensions of U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s 30-year transportation plan gradually take shape, two things are becoming clear.
America in 2045 will be a much more multi-modal place than it is today.
And highways will still be the...
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Bill CramerFebruary 19, 2015
A couple of excellent visualizations on the Washington Post’s Wonkblog earlier this month got me wondering: How would you use maps to represent the benefits of tolling?
The concept is powerful: On February 2, a map produced by Eric Fischer at Mapbox...
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Bill CramerFebruary 11, 2015
In a wide-ranging commentary last month, the Brookings Institution pointed to the higher purpose we serve when we build, finance, and maintain highway infrastructure.
“Concrete, steel and fiber-optic cable are the essential building blocks of the...
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Bill CramerFebruary 5, 2015
Photo credit: Elizabeth River Tunnels
Elizabeth River Crossings (ERC) OpCo, LLC, the IBTTA member responsible for Virginia’s new Midtown Tunnel between the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, has earned top honors from Road & Bridges magazine as...
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Bill CramerFebruary 3, 2015
When an infrastructure project is large and complex, it can take months or years to put together the plan, the financing, and the political will to turn an urgent need into a finished road, bridge, or tunnel.
That’s why it was such big news last...
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Bill CramerJanuary 29, 2015
There are two sides to the coin in a recent piece of investment advice in Fortune magazine, pointing to low oil prices as a good reason to buy into toll-backed municipal bonds.
With West Texas Intermediate and Brent Crude oil both trading below $50...
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Bill CramerJanuary 27, 2015
As the U.S. Congress approaches the deadline for reauthorizing the federal transportation program, it’s going to be hard enough to balance a $17 billion annual shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.
But what if it turned out that today’s gas taxes...
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Bill CramerJanuary 21, 2015
With a call for a bipartisan infrastructure plan to “make this country stronger for decades to come,” President Obama’s sixth’s State of the Union address raised the curtain on a debate that will shape the future of America’s highway transportation...
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Bill CramerJanuary 20, 2015
The Business of Mobility is IBTTA’s theme for 2015 as Javier Rodriguez, P.E., Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), takes the helm as the association’s 2015 president.
"Our economy and mobility depend on the quality of our...
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Bill CramerJanuary 15, 2015
Congress has a new challenge to address as the countdown begins once again fund the federal Highway Trust Fund and pass a Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill.
Even if legislators increase the federal gas tax—a feat that was last accomplished...
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