Sierra Club Survey says Voters Support Electric Vehicles, Transit, Biking, and Walking
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSA so-called “regional survey” conducted by the Sierra Club among voters in 11 states across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the District of Columbia finds that three in four or 74 percent of those polled support moving forward with “regional transportation modernization plans” that invest in electric vehicles, public transportation, and “safer communities” for walking and […]
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Hearing Seeks Extension of FAST-41 Project Permitting Reforms
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSA recent roundtable hearing on Capitol Hill focused on efforts to streamline federal infrastructure permitting process also served as a forum to introduce legislation that would ensure the permanence of currently-enacted reforms. “The federal infrastructure permitting process is incredibly long. It’s complicated, arcane, and bureaucratic. And the delays in the process have real costs: in […]
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Iowa DOT Lays Out Five Year, $3.4B Highway Funding Plan
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production May 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Iowa Department of Transportation officially presented a “first draft” of a proposed five-year funding plan back on May 8 that aims for “multimodal transportation system” investments including aviation, public transit, railroads, trails, and highways. Some $3.4 billion of that plan is earmarked just for highway needs, the agency said. The Fiscal Year 2019-2023 Iowa […]
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Webinar Examines the Road Ahead for Highway Funding
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production May 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials along with the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association held a free live-streaming webinar on May 14 entitled The State of Highway Investment: Plans, Promises and Predictions, focusing on both current trends and future plans for federal, state, and local surface transportation investments – especially in […]
READ MOREA Host of States Face Project Funding Challenges
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production January 2, 2015 0 COMMENTSAcross the nation, a number of states are suddenly grappling with a tougher funding outlook for transportation infrastructure. In Alaska, newly installed Gov. Bill Walker ordered state agencies to halt all discretionary spending on some big-ticket transportation and other infrastructure projects, as he tries to close a yawning budget gap amid a collapse in oil prices that provide […]
READ MOREMore Using Video to Advocate for Transportation Needs
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production December 30, 2014 0 COMMENTSIn a social media-driven era, when a smart messaging campaign can hook an audience to sell an idea and be amplified by tweets and likes, two examples stand out for transportation. In both Texas and Michigan, key officials cut videos that highlighted failings in their transportation infrastructure to advocate for more investment. In Texas, during a gubernatorial election in which he […]
READ MOREArkansas Trims 2015 Bids Over Federal Delays
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production December 29, 2014 0 COMMENTS“Same song, second verse,” said Scott Bennett, director of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, as he announced cuts in the agency’s 2015 list of infrastructure project bids due to another round of uncertainty about federal funding. Bennett said Arkansas had to delay 15 highway projects in 2014 that were worth $70 million, because the state could not count […]
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