Coast GuardPort Access Route Study: Northern New York BightThe Coast Guard announced it is conducting a Port Access Route Study (PARS) for port approaches to New York and New Jersey and international and domestic transit. One big concern: “planned or […]
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ARTBA CEO on the Passing of Former House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.)
by Beth McGinn
The following statement is from ARTBA President & CEO Pete Ruane:
“Jim Oberstar was the epitome of a statesman. He truly believed good policy made good politics
“For more than 40 years, Jim combined an encyclopedic knowledge of intermodal […]
TRIP Reports: Las Vegas Area Drivers Waste Nearly $1,500 Each Year Driving On Deficient Roads – A Total Of $2.1 Billion Statewide. Fifty-Six Percent Of Las Vegas Area Roads Need Improvement, Area Drivers Lose 44 Hours Annually In Congestion
At a time when the state faces a large and growing transportation funding shortfall, more than half of Nevada’s major locally and state-maintained roads are in either poor or mediocre condition, vehicle travel has grown at the fastest rate in […]
TRIP Reports: Des Moines Drivers Waste Nearly $1,400 Each Year Driving On Deficient Roads – A Total Of $1.9 Billion Statewide
Forty-Two Percent Of Iowa Roads Need Improvement, One Quarter Of Bridges Require Repair Or Replacement, And Rural Fatalities Are Disproportionately High
More than two-fifths of Iowa’s major locally and state-maintained roads are in either poor or mediocre condition, the state has […]
ASCE Reports: Shuster Elected T&I Chairman
House Republicans officially elected Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA) to chair the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 113th Congress. Congressman Shuster will take the gavel from Chairman John Mica (R-FL), who held the chairmanship for the past two years and […]