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USDOT Secretary Nominee Anthony Foxx Describes His Three Key Areas of Focus
Transportation Issues Daily USDOT Secretary nominee Anthony Foxx revealed the three areas he will focus on if confirmed to serve by the Senate. After first indicating he’ll follow “the bipartisan...
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Guest on The Infra Blog: Paul Farmer, FAICP, The American Planning Association
Paul Farmer, FAICP, is Chief Executive Officer of the American Planning Association (APA) and APA’s professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). He has primary...
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Guest on The Infra Blog: Leo Gerard, International President, United...
Leo W. Gerard is International President of the United Steelworkers, the dominant union in paper, forestry products, steel, aluminum, tire and rubber, glass, chemicals and petroleum. Under Gerard’s...
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Strategies to Scale-Up U.S. Renewable Energy Investment
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON RENEWABLE ENERGY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report on United States renewable energy finance policy is the result of extensive research, outreach, and analysis conducted over the last...
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Leading Candidate for New Ranking Democrat for House Highways, Transit...
Transportation Issues Daily Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton would like to be the next Ranking Member (top Democrat) on the House’s Highways and Transit Subcommittee. The position is very likely to become...
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California Voting and Suburbanization Patterns: Implications for Transit Policy
MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction Public transit investment represents a key strategy for revitalizing center cities and reducing the harmful effects of driving on the environment. However,...
View ArticleAre We Ignoring the Obvious Solution to the Transportation Funding Crisis?
Innovation Newsbriefs Vol. 24, No. 10 The July 23 hearing on the Highway Trust Fund made it painfully clear that neither the government witnesses —U.S. DOT’s Undersecretary for Policy Polly Trottenberg...
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Innovation Newsbriefs Vol. 24, No. 11 Congress adjourned for the summer with neither the House nor the Senate passing Fiscal Year 2014 appropriations for transportation. The House bill ($44 billion)...
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The Stunning Collapse Of Infrastructure Spending In One Chart
THINKPROGRESS By Alan Pyke, Deputy Economic Policy Editor, ThinkProgress.org The austerity fervor that’s seized Washington ever since the 2010 elections has lead to a sudden, steep drop in spending on...
View ArticleFinancing Transportation Infrastructure the Traditional Way
Innovation NewsbriefsVol. 24, No. 15 Those who champion higher federal spending for transportation infrastructure face a vexing reality: the Highway Trust Fund no longer can serve as an adequate and...
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Mixed Reactions to Obama’s New $300 Billion Transportation Bill
On February 26, President Obama climbed the steps of St. Paul, MN’s Union Depot train station to announce his new vision for transportation funding. The bill includes a competition for $600 million in...
View ArticleAs Congress Struggles for Ways to Fund the Next Transportation...
Innovation NewsbriefsVol. 25, No. 4 rev For the transportation community, anxious about the uncertain future of the surface transportation program, recent events offered little reassurance. The...
View ArticleAs the Highway Trust Fund Runs Low on Cash, States Come to the Rescue with...
Innovation NewsbriefsVol. 25, No. 5With federal transportation spending outpacing tax receipts by some $1.25 billion/month, the cash balance of the Federal Highway Trust is drawing perilously close to...
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U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICESummaryIn 2013, the price of oil averaged $98 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate spot price), up from $94 per barrel in 2012. Prices remain high in early 2014 (near $100...
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What’s the Big Fracking Deal?
In Search of a Reasonable Debate on Hydraulic FracturingOne of the touchiest subjects in today’s discussion on environmental protection laws and energy independence is the exploration of the new...
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Guest on The Infra Blog: Marcia Hale, President, Building America’s Future...
This interview is part of the countdown to Infrastructure Week 2014. Infrastructure Week is a week of talks, round-table events, and Q & A sessions to focus on infrastructure and explore new...
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The Grow America Act Fact Sheet
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Transportation is a critical engine of the Nation’s economy. Investments in the national transportation network over the country’s history, and especially the...
View ArticleThe Grow America Act: Response from the Infra Community
On Friday, May 2, the Obama Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation released the GROW AMERICA Act, a $300-billion transportation bill aiming to provide comprehensive solutions to our...
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The End of the Road? The Looming Fiscal Disaster for Transportation
SMART GROWTH AMERICA America is at a crucial decision point for transportation. The nation’s transportation trust fund is facing a crisis. The gasoline tax that has sustained the federal transportation...
View ArticleUS DOT Unveils Details of Proposed Administration Transportation Bill
Innovation NewsbriefsVol. 25, No. 6We reprint below a critical analysis of the Administration’s proposed four-year $302 billion transportation bill. The analysis appeared in the May 5 issue of the...
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