Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/faa-update/">FAA UpdateAugust 05, 2011
On Thursday the House and Senate reached an agreement on a new FAA extension. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced a bipartisan deal to reopen the FAA and restore the government’s authority to collect airline excise taxes and fund airport construction. The agreement was the result of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood using the waiver authority granted......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/leaving-on-a-jet-plane-the-plight-of-faa/">Leaving on a Jet Plane: The Plight of FAALeaving on a Jet Plane: The Plight of FAA
August 04, 2011
In the rush of the debt ceiling debate over the last few weeks, Congress failed to address a Federal Administration (FAA) program which has left thousands of FAA workers out of work. Members of Congress (ironically) left on flights out of Washington, DC for the August recess while FAA remained partially shut down due to......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/failure-to-act-report-released-today/">Failure to Act report releasedFailure to Act report released
July 27, 2011
“We cannot solve the budget deficit without solving the infrastructure deficit.” – Representative Earl Blumenauer Today, ASCE released Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Surface Transportation Infrastructure. The report found the nation’s deteriorating surface transportation infrastructure will cost the American economy more than 870,000 jobs, and suppress the growth of......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/failure-to-act/">Failure to ActJuly 26, 2011
Have you ever wondered how much congestion costs you or what underinvestment in infrastructure really means? As if the nation’s economy isn’t struggling enough, a new study about to be released by ASCE finds the cost of deficient transportation infrastructure to American households and businesses is staggering. Wednesday, July 27th ASCE will release, “Failure to......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/hotel-industry-to-be-hurt-by-aging-infrastructure/">Hotel industry to be hurt by aging infrastructureHotel industry to be hurt by aging infrastructure
June 10, 2011
Earlier this week Jonathan Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels, commented that the nation’s aging infrastructure will be the next hurdle the travel and hospitality industries will need to overcome. Tisch was speaking at New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, where he asked fellow hotel industry leaders to band together and create momentum for......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/traffic-congestion-is-hazardous-to-your-health/">Traffic Congestion is Hazardous to Your HealthTraffic Congestion is Hazardous to Your Health
June 08, 2011
The Transportation Construction Coalition, of which ASCE is a member, recently released a study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis on the public health cost of traffic congestion. The study, “The Public Health Costs of Traffic Congestion: A Health Risk Assessment”, found that emissions resulting from traffic congestion in the largest 83 metropolitan areas......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/key-senators-unveil-surface-transportation-principles/">Key Senators Unveil Surface Transportation PrinciplesKey Senators Unveil Surface Transportation Principles
May 26, 2011
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is inching closer to releasing a surface transportation authorization bill, which it hopes to mark up by the Fourth of July. This week the big four of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), James Inhofe (R-OK), Max Baucus (D-MT), and David Vitter (R-LA) released......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/obama-cites-asce-report-card-calls-for-infrastructure-improvement/">Obama cites ASCE Report Card, calls for Infrastructure ImprovementObama cites ASCE Report Card, calls for Infrastructure Improvement
January 25, 2011
The state of the nation’s infrastructure took center stage tonight during the President’s State of the Union address. Among the proposals President Obama put forward for creating jobs and growing the economy is improving the nation’s infrastructure. President Obama wants to “win the future” and we can’t do it with a failing infrastructure. Citing the......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/amendment-to-block-trust-fund-diversions-fails/">Amendment to Block Trust Fund Diversions FailsAmendment to Block Trust Fund Diversions Fails
January 06, 2011
After a mighty effort by members of ASCE and other transportation and infrastructure organizations, Republicans this week voted to remove guarantees that gas tax revenue be used solely to fund surface transportation projects and that yearly appropriations do not have to be at their authorized levels. While this is is certainly a blow to transportation advocates, it is still......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/keep-the-trust-in-the-trust-fund-update/">Keep the TRUST in the Trust Fund – UPDATEKeep the TRUST in the Trust Fund – UPDATE
January 04, 2011
As we reported last week on this blog, incoming Republican House leadership is proposing a new rule for the 112th Congress that would strip out guarantees that federal gas taxes be used solely for authorized transportation purposes. ASCE and our coalition partners have been working to oppose this rule, and while it is still on......