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Highway funding plan has no fuel tax hike
The Bush administration will send to Congress a six-year, $274-billion highway funding plan with no proposals to raise fuel taxes to help pay for road improvements, according to a Reuters report. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta told a House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee the administration wants a user-based financing strategy that will not boost taxes or stress other federal
Congress authorizes highway funding extension
Congress authorizes highway funding extension
Senate authorizes highway funding extension
A five-month extension of federal highway and mass transit construction programs passed the United States Senate without amendment by unanimous consent September 26. The extension prevented a shutdown of the Federal Highway Administration and construction projects around the country after the two houses of Congress could not agree on a long-term program. The House had approved the extension September
Special Report: 2002 Construction Transport Forecast
IN 2002, construction in the United States will decline from its record year of 2001, but it still will be strong. The level of activity should continue to provide plenty of loads for the tank truck fleets that specialize in hauling construction materials such as cement and asphalt. Overall construction in 2002 will decline 6.3% from 2001 levels, to slightly above 1998 levels, an industry economist
Decline in driving suggests new highway funding needed | The latest data released by the United States Department of Transportation showed the eight month of steady decline in driving by American motorists | Sept 2008
The latest data released by the United States Department of Transportation showed the eight month of steady decline in driving by American motorists. That trend, said agency officials, signals an urgent need for new highway financing. The data found that since November 2007, Americans have driven 53.2 billion fewer miles than they did over the same period a year earlier topping the total decline of
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ends funding for Highway Watch program | Bulk Transporter | June 2008
The Highway Watch program has been discontinued after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined to fund the program, according to information from the American Trucking Associations (ATA)
ATRI study offers transportation financing solutions, pinpoints tax exemption losses
In a recent study, the American Transportation Research Institute proposes new transportation funding options and identifies losses exceeding $900 million annually in critical transportation funding resulting from state and federal fuel tax exemptions. The loss from fuel tax exemptions is just one of several implications for highway funding explored in ATRI's Defining the Legacy for Users: Understanding
Highway bill extended yet again
House approves another highway bill extension
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Highway bill goes to Obama after passage by House, Senate
In a last-minute scramble, the US House of Representatives and US Senate passed a transportation bill that includes more than $100 billion in funding for highway projects over two years and adopted several critical initiatives sought by tank truck carriers, and the trucking industry at large
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ATA view
A Good highway system takes money, and the federal fuel tax remains the most cost-effective way to fund essential highway infrastructure projects. That was the message Barbara Windsor delivered in late July on behalf of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, which is part of the House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee. Windsor is ATA second
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A Golden Opportunity Missed
On June 9, President Clinton signed the $217 billion Transportation Equity Act (TEA), boosting federal funding to the nation's highways by 46% over the next six years. It is the largest public works program in the nation's history, and could bring a windfall of business for tank truck carriers.President Clinton said during the signing that
Mineta criticizes highway bill proposal
Highway bill proposal receives Mineta criticism
Bush Budget Plans for Transportation
Following President Bush's nationally televised speech this week before a Joint Session of Congress, the White House's Office of Management and Budget formally unveiled its budget proposal for fiscal year 2002. Although many details still have not been disclosed, several aspects of the plan could have significant impacts on transportation. Under the proposal's plan for highway funding, the President
Management Trends in the Bulk Transport Industry
Top 10 critical issues facing US Truckers
Commercial driver hours-of-service rules and the driver shortage top the list in a survey of top 10 critical issues facing US Truckers
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House members attempt to restore $4.4 billion to highway budget
A majority of House members are now cosponsoring bipartisan legislation that would restore $4.4 billion in highway funds to the fiscal year 2003 budget. Earlier, the American Highway Users Alliance warned Congress that the projected $8.6 billion 2003 transportation budget cut could be calamitous for state transportation projects and the economy, according to information from the alliance. “Republicans
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