AAPA President Testifies on Port and Freight Funding Needs
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSIn written testimony offered before the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness on July 18, Kurt Nagle, president and CEO of American Association of Port Authorities, stressed that – in order to be competitive in the 21st century global economy – the United States “needs a national multi-modal freight network” […]
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FAA Awards $659.8M in Airport Infrastructure Grants
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Federal Aviation Administration announced on July 16 it will award $659.8 million in airport infrastructure grants as part of $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program or AIP funding for airports across the U.S. In a statement, the agency said this “second increment” of AIP funding – highlighted in a 16-page document – provides 450 […]
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Survey: Use of Warm-Mix Asphalt Keeps Climbing
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSAn annual survey conducted by the National Asphalt Pavement Association in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration over the last nine years found that “warm-mix asphalt” made up nearly 39 percent of all asphalt pavement mixtures produced in the United States in 2017. The survey – conducted in the first quarter of 2018 with 238 […]
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FHWA Releases Flood-Related Emergency Road Funds, Talks Innovation Support
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Federal Highway Administration provided Wisconsin with $1 million and Michigan with $2 million in emergency relief funds on July 2 and July 3, respectively, to help begin repairs on roads and bridges damaged by floods triggered by heavy rains back on June 16-17. The Gogebic, Houghton, and Menominee counties in the western Upper Peninsula […]
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EIA: Gasoline Prices Will Decline for the Rest of 2018
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSAccording to data tracked by the Energy Information Administration, the national average for regular-grade gasoline is expected to decline for the rest of 2018, dipping from a high of $2.96 per gallon on May 28 to around $2.84 per gallon by September and then $2.68 per gallon in December. The agency said gasoline prices are […]
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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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