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Schuster: Obama will sign transportation bill by Fall

May 15, 2012

Congress member Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chair of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, & Hazardous Materials, predicts President Barack Obama will sign a transportation bill — with a ...

Good news, bad news on construction employment front

May 07, 2012

The construction industry lost 2,000 jobs in April, following similar declines of 3,000 in March and 1,000 in February, but still added 63,000 jobs over the past year as the ...

Nonresidential construction spending down for third consecutive month

May 02, 2012

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that total nonresidential construction spending fell for the third month in a row, declining 0.2 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate ...

Federal court rules against EPA in wetlands case, calling agency’s actions ‘illogical, impractical’

April 23, 2012

A federal court has ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) saying the agency overstepped its authority by revoking a valid wetlands permit from a West Virginia mining operation. This ...

Federal court rules against EPA in wetlands case, calling agency’s actions ‘illogical, impractical’

March 27, 2012

A federal court has ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) saying the agency overstepped its authority by revoking a valid wetlands permit from a West Virginia mining operation. This ...

Senate passes two-year transportation bill

March 19, 2012

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In an overwhelming show of support, the U.S. Senate on March 14 voted to pass a two-year transportation bill valued at $109 billion. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st ...

FHWA: Be innovative with state highway federal funding

March 05, 2012

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) began accepting proposals by California and Vermont to explore innovative ways of using federal funds to cover certain indirect costs of managing highway projects, Federal ...

TRIP report: U.S. transportation system insufficent to meet mobility, safety needs of older drivers

February 22, 2012

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As the Baby Boom Generation begins to turn 65, the number of older Americans and their share of the overall population will swell dramatically. But, according to a new report, ...

The details: T&I Committee approves American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act

February 03, 2012

The Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee today approved the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act jobs legislation to reauthorize and reform federal surface transportation programs and rebuild the nation’s ...

House to mark up $260 billion transportation bill

January 30, 2012

Three House of Representatives committees will mark up this week a five-year, $260 billion highway and transit reauthorization bill, according to an American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ...

Wetlands case in U.S. Supreme Court; case addresses ‘fundamental problem’

January 09, 2012

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and other stakeholders are urging the U. S. Supreme Court to suspend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) seemingly automatic presumption of ...

SNEAK PEEK: ‘Another Testing 12 Months,’ reveals Better Roads’ exclusive 2012 Forecast

January 03, 2012

For the full forecast and analysis from Better Roads Editor-in-Chief John Latta, see the January 2012 print edition of Better Roads. It’s frustrating (again) to have to say it, but it ...
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