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March 8: States Get Green Light to Reprogram $2 Billion in Old Highway Earmarks
By Allison Rose, manager of member services and chapter relations, ARTBA U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Victor Mendez and Deputy Federal Highway Administrator David Kim told ARTBA and other stakeholders today the department [...]
Feb. 29: State News Roundup
Current low fuel prices make it a “good time” to increase motor fuel taxes in order to fund transportation projects, according to a Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research report [...]
Feb. 18: Nearly 59,000 U.S. Bridges Still Structurally Deficient
There’s good news and bad news to report about the condition of America’s bridges. The good news is there were 2,574 fewer structurally deficient bridges in 2015 compared to the number in 2014. The [...]
States Assess Effects of Federal Surface Transportation Bill
Both Missouri and Arkansas expressed concerns Dec. 2 that their states will not be able to provide the required matching funds in order to receive federal highway money as laid out in the [...]
Expect Modest Growth in 2016 U.S. Transportation Construction Market, ARTBA Forecast Shows
(WASHINGTON) – The likely passage of a five-year federal surface transportation bill, increased investment from state and local governments, and continued strengthening in the U.S. economy are the key factors driving an expected [...]
Looming Highway Trust Fund Crisis: Impact on State Transportation Programs
by Lital Shair Nada, Market Research Associate; Assistant Director, ARTBA Research & Education Division (RED) Federal funds, on average, support 52 percent of annual state department of transportation (DOT) capital outlays for highway and [...]
ARTBA Releases Analysis of the House Surface Transportation Bill
The ARTBA government relations staff has produced a comprehensive analysis of “Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act (STRRA) of 2015,” released Oct. 16 by the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee. T&I Committee [...]
DRIVE Act Summary Available
The ARTBA government relations staff has produced a nine-page summary of the 1,000-plus page “Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act” surface transportation reauthorization bill that passed the Senate [...]
Free Webinar: The Path Forward on the Federal Highway & Transit Investment Bill & Potential Transportation Construction Market Impacts
For the first time in more than a decade, one chamber of the U.S. Congress has passed a surface transportation reauthorization investment bill that is longer than two years. The Senate’s July 30 [...]