Two years of debate over allocation of funding from California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund ended Wednesday, resulting in a $900 million windfall of new funding for a variety of state programs from transportation projects to creation of parks and green spaces. A morning deal struck between the governor and state lawmakers on the state’s cap-and-trade […]
Transportation infrastructure contracting opportunities will be abundant in Texas over the next 10 years. The Texas Transportation Commission this week approved the largest transportation spending plan in the history of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) – $70 billion – by ratifying the 2017 Unified Transportation Program. The $70 billion program will concentrate on capacity […]
One of the most astounding statistics relative to the annual award of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program is the amount by which applications for funding exceed the funding available. Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant program has received 585 applications from throughout […]
Traffic congestion – it’s a major cause of headaches and heartburn for U.S. transportation officials and the motoring public. With transportation infrastructure funding steadily declining, “innovation” has become the buzz word as government officials seek ways to mitigate growing traffic problems nationwide. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is taking innovation to a new level. […]
A toll project that is the result of a public-private partnership (P3/PPP) in Texas is getting a little help from the federal government. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced that the private company that will build and operate the tollway as part of the State Highway 288 project in Houston has been awarded a […]
Americans are more likely to be open to innovative financing tools to pay for the nation’s crumbling infrastructure than many previously had thought. A recent national survey, Transportation Mobility 2016, conducted by HNTB Corp. and released today, shows that 65 percent of those surveyed would support user fees such as levies on vehicle miles traveled or mileage-based fees to address the country’s deteriorating transportation infrastructure.
The U.S. Senate is poised to take up a 2017 spending bill that prioritizes funding for transportation infrastructure projects and programs that ensure the safety, efficiency and reliability of the nation’s infrastructure system and encourage economic growth. The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved the $56.5 billion FY2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related […]