Last week, the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a new six year authorization of federal surface transportation programs. This is a crucial first step in the process to enact a new transportation authorization before the current law, SAFETEA-LU, expires on September 30, 2009.  This new bill is [...]

After many, many months of waiting, the new surface transportation authorization bill is expected to be released tomorrow, June 17. The current authorization, SAFETEA-LU, expires on September 30.   Two federally chartered commissions, as well as most groups in the transportation industry, have recommended a transformational change in the way the federal government oversees transportation. [...]

Last summer we ran into a little bit of a problem. Actually, it was an $8 billion problem. The Highway Trust Fund that provides the cash for the federal surface transportation program was about to become insolvent due to decreased revenues from the federal motor fuels tax. After a few tries – and even a [...]