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SAFETEA-LU Signed in Illinois: 8/12/2005 2:12:45 PM - President George Bush this week tied together a message of jobs and safety as he signed the six-year reauthorization of federal highway and transit programs in Aurora, Illinois on Wednesday. The ...
States Cite Benefits, For the Most Part: 8/12/2005 2:12:05 PM - AASHTO leaders and other state transportation officials found much to praise in the reauthorization bill they have been waiting for almost two years, since the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st ...
Safety Advocates Applaud SAFETEA-LU: 8/12/2005 2:11:15 PM - Safety advocates praised a number of safety provisions contained in the reauthorization legislation signed this week by President Bush, which will require comprehensive safety plans, new car-window ...
Transit Advocates Praise Signing: 8/12/2005 2:09:55 PM - Public transit advocates are also welcoming passage of SAFETEA-LU, which includes $52.6 billion for public transportation. "President Bush's signing of the transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, is an ...
Speaker Hastert Remarks at the Transportation Bill Signing: 8/10/2005 2:11:26 PM - Hastert: "This bill keeps our people and our products moving" (Aurora, IL) House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) made the following statement before President Bush signed the Transportation Equity ...
President Bush Signs Transportation Reauthorization Bill: 8/10/2005 12:12:28 PM - President George W. Bush today signed into law H.R. 3, the surface-transportation reauthorization bill, winning plaudits from state transportation officials following House and Senate passage of the ...
Highway Bill Signing Ceremonies Set for Wednesday in Illinois: 8/5/2005 4:10:17 PM - The White House announced that President Bush will sign the Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users (H.R. 3), Wednesday, August 10, in Aurora, Illinois. The ...
Conferees Return to Reauthorization Bill Next Week: 7/8/2005 3:58:33 PM - With many key decisions already agreed to, the conferees on the highway and transit reauthorization legislation will return to work next week taking a look at how the decisions made to date will ...
Congress Adopts Eighth TEA-21 Extension, through July 19: 7/1/2005 2:13:31 PM - Thursday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate adopted a bill (H.R. 3104) setting up the eighth consecutive extension of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, which ...
Conference Leaders Agree on Key Funding Issues: 6/24/2005 2:43:03 PM - With the expiration of the current extension looming next Thursday, House and Senate conferees and House and Senate majority leadership met Thursday night in an attempt to resolve key differences on ...
State, Local Leaders, APTA Tell Congress "Get It Done --Now": 6/17/2005 3:59:02 PM - AASHTO President Jack Lettiere (at podium), Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, speaks to reporters at Thursday's Capitol Hill press conference. Joining him, left to right, ...
Agreement on Total Spending Eludes Conferees: 6/17/2005 3:58:02 PM - As state and local officials urged conferees to complete a bill, House and Senate staff continued talks at a frenzied pace this week. But while hopes were high that agreement was close, conferees ...
Reauthorization Conferees Open Talks: 6/10/2005 3:40:18 PM - Some nine months since they last faced each other across a conference table, reauthorization conferees met Thursday, with conference chairman Rep. Don Young (R-AK) stating "there must be no more ...
DeLay, Mineta Say Bush Stands Firm Behind Veto Threat: 6/10/2005 3:39:22 PM - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) told the Associated Press on Thursday that President Bush is standing firm in his threat to veto the surface-transportation reauthorization bill if it exceeds ...
Senators Talent and Wyden Stand by Infrastructure Bonds Despite Veto Threat: 6/10/2005 3:38:14 PM - Despite the threat of a Presidential veto of any surface transportation bill that contains "new federal borrowing mechanisms," Senators Jim Talent (R-MO) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) are insisting their ...
High Costs Could Jeopardize Gains in Federal Funding: 6/10/2005 3:37:06 PM - Sharply climbing costs for many products used in highway construction could erode any federal funding increases being considered by Congress in reauthorizing the federal highway and transit ...
Staff Work Underway on Reauthorization Conference: 6/3/2005 3:34:00 PM - Although conferees for the bill to reauthorize federal highway and transit programs have yet to meet, staff from the House and Senate began talks Tuesday in an effort to achieve a conference ...
One-Month Extension Passed for TEA-21, Conferees Named: 5/27/2005 2:51:59 PM - The House and Senate this week passed a "clean" one-month extension of federal highway and transit programs, the seventh since the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century expired on September ...
Congress Passes One-Month Extension for TEA-21: 5/26/2005 11:59:45 AM - The House and Senate on Wednesday passed a “clean” one-month extension of federal highway and transit programs, the seventh since the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century expired on ...
Conference Outlook for Reauthorization: 5/20/2005 4:28:15 PM - The Senate this week approved a six-year $295 billion reauthorization of federal highway and transit programs. However, with little more than a week remaining before the May 31expiration of the ...
Senate Backs Higher Funding Levels: 5/20/2005 4:26:55 PM - In a series of votes this week, the Senate showed its determination that the $284 billion Administration-backed funding level for highway and transit programs is inadequate to complete the ...
Amendments Address Safety, Biking, Tax Evasion: 5/20/2005 4:24:59 PM - The Senate this week acted to encourage primary seat belt laws, toughen drunken driving laws, encourage biking in lieu of driving and a variety of other issues presented as amendments to the highway ...
Reauthorization Draws Praise and Attacks: 5/20/2005 4:23:54 PM - Transportation groups applauded Senate passage of the reauthorization bill this week, but government spending watchdog groups, called the action a classic example of Congress' pork-barrel ...
Task Force on Seniors' Transportation Urges Quick Conference on Reauthorization Bill: 5/20/2005 4:22:11 PM - A national group of more than 75 organizations providing or advocating for better transportation for the elderly has urged Congress to quickly complete action on the surface-transportation ...
Senate Passes $295 Billion Reauthorization, 89 to 11: 5/17/2005 4:48:53 PM - The Senate today passed a six-year $295 billion reauthorization of federal-aid highway and transit programs, despite warnings from the Administration that it may veto any bill over $284 ...
Senate Works Toward Passage of Reauthorization: 5/13/2005 4:48:49 PM - After a second week of debate the Senate was poised to vote next Tuesday on a $295 billion reauthorization of federal highway, highway safety and transit programs, some $11 billion higher than the ...
With Construction Season at Hand, AASHTO Urges Action on Reauthorization: 5/13/2005 4:44:25 PM - With the summer construction season at hand, and the expiration of the current highway and transit program extension looming on May 31, AASHTO urged Congress this week act promptly to complete a ...
Senate Waives Budget Point of Order and Backs Funding Increase: 5/12/2005 11:20:24 AM - The Senate on Wednesday, by a margin of 76 to 22, voted in favor of the increased funding contained ina Managers substitute amendment to H.R. 3 that was adopted on Monday. The amendment would add ...
Senate to Resume Reauthorization Effort Monday, May 9: 5/6/2005 10:41:12 AM - The U.S. Senate reconvenes Monday, May 9, after a week-long recess and Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) has scheduled floor time beginning at 2 p.m. for consideration of the surface transportation ...
States Legislatures Pass Resolutions Urging Congressional Action on Reauthorization: 5/6/2005 10:40:06 AM - The Tennessee General Assembly recently joined a group of state legislatures in approving a resolution forwarded to Congress, urging swift action on reauthorizing federal surface-transportation ...
Senate to Continue Reauthorization Debate May 10: 4/29/2005 3:56:09 PM - Senate action on a $284 billion bill to reauthorize federal highway and transit programs will resume the week of May 9, with final action possible on May 12 or 13. Efforts to increase the funding ...
Congress Passes Budget Resolution; Cuts to Transportation-Related Programs: 4/29/2005 3:55:51 PM - Congress on Thursday narrowly passed a fiscal year 2006 budget that cuts $34.7 billion in federal spending through 2010. The budget resolution would provide room for the reauthorization of the ...
Senate Eyes Possible Action on Reauthorization Next Week: 4/22/2005 4:03:10 PM - The Senate is poised to begin consideration on Monday of the long-delayed highway and transit reauthorization bill, after the Finance Committee reported its part of the bill providing $284 billion ...
Administration Amtrak Proposal Receives Chilly Reception on Capitol Hill: 4/22/2005 4:02:29 PM - The Bush Administration's proposal to zero-out funding for Amtrak was dismissed this week by senators sitting on the Commerce Committee's Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee. At ...
Senate Democrats, NGA, AASHTO Press for Action on Reauthorization: 4/15/2005 5:04:02 PM - With the clock ticking on the May 31 deadline for expiration of the extension of the surface-transportation law, Senate Democrats, governors and other state and local officials, AASHTO, industry and ...
AASHTO Asks Members to Press for Quick Senate Action on Reauthorization: 4/8/2005 4:27:18 PM - AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley on Thursday asked AASHTO member states to contact their U.S. senators as soon as possible, asking that they urge Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) to ...
Finance Action Key to Reauthorization Advance: 4/1/2005 3:30:53 PM - As Congress reconvenes next week, attention shifts to the Senate Finance Committee who must now decide whether or not to provide additional revenue to permit higher spending for federal highway and ...
Chamber-Led Transportation Coalition Launches Reauthorization Radio Campaign: 3/30/2005 10:45:16 AM - Radio advertisements urging passage of the bill to reauthorize the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) began airing this week in the home states of congressional GOP leaders. The ...
Senate Committee Reports Highway, Transit Reauthorization: 3/18/2005 3:42:22 PM - Markup was completed in the Senate this week on the highway and transit titles of the reauthorization bill, which conform to the $283.9-billion funding level proposed by the Bush Administration and ...
Potential Lid on Transportation Spending Levels Averted: 3/18/2005 3:39:12 PM - Transportation advocates rallied this week to undo a provision in the Senate budget resolution that could have precluded many options for increasing federal highway and transit funding above the Bush ...
House Approves Highway, Transit Reauthorization: 3/14/2005 9:28:19 AM - The House of Representatives on Thursday approved by a resounding vote of 416 to 9 a six-year (Fiscal Years 2004-2009), $284 billion reauthorization of federal highway and transit programs. ...
White House Threatens Veto over "Reopener" Provision, Funding Increases: 3/14/2005 9:21:46 AM - A day before the House floor debate started on federal surface-transportation reauthorizing legislation, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Statement of Administration ...
Major Issues Await Floor Action on Reauthorization Bill Next Week: 3/4/2005 4:59:05 PM - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday reported out a six-year, $284 billion highway and transit reauthorization bill, but major issues remain to be addressed when the ...
NGA Chairman Warner Calls for Quick Action on Federal Transportation Bill: 3/4/2005 4:58:47 PM - Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, chairman of the National Governors Association, holds a press conference during the AASHTO Washington Briefing on Wednesday. He said the nation's governors are on board ...
Peters Maintains $284 Billion "A Very Good Number": 3/4/2005 4:57:26 PM - Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters on Wednesday made a case for the Administration's proposed $284 billion in highway and transit funding, saying that in the context of the rest of the budget ...
AASHTO Officials Attend White House Meetings on Reauthorization Legislation: 3/4/2005 4:56:58 PM - At a meeting at the White House on Thursday, AASHTO President Jack Lettiere and Executive Director John Horsley met with officials of the Bush Administration's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, ...
Congressional Staff Provide Outlook on Reauthorization Chances for 109th Session: 3/4/2005 4:56:11 PM - Congressional staff instrumental in shaping surface-transportation legislation said the chances of passing a reauthorization bill in the current Congress are good, but there are substantial hurdles ...
Further Brinksmanship Probably Unwise: Schenendorf: 3/4/2005 4:54:21 PM - Jack L. Schenendorf, the former chief of staff to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and currently counsel to the law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., supplied ...
Transportation Advocates Urge Unity to Gain Momentum: 3/4/2005 4:53:04 PM - While momentum is building for passage of a federal highway and transit bill, the clock is running and grassroots support is needed to push the bill to enactment, transportation advocates said this ...
House to Mark Up Highway, Transit Reauthorization Wednesday: 2/25/2005 4:00:03 PM - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has scheduled its markup of a $284 billion, six-year highway, highway safety and transit authorizing bill (H.R. 3) for Wednesday, March 2. The ...
Advisory Council Approves Interstate Exemption from Section 106 Historic Reviews: 2/25/2005 3:59:45 PM - The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) on February 18 voted to approve the final exemption of the Interstate Highway System from Section 106 reviews under the National Historic ...
Stage Set for Reauthorization Action in March: 2/18/2005 2:19:11 PM - Developments in both the House and Senate this week appeared to smooth the way for action on highway and transit reauthorization following the President's Day recess. Senate leaders announced they ...
New Jersey Holds "Get It Done" Rally: 2/18/2005 2:18:24 PM - Wearing red "Get It Done!" buttons, some 1,000 people rallied at a transportation conference in New Jersey to voice support for prompt enactment of federal reauthorization of highway and transit ...
House Reauthorization Bill Introduced, Markup Set March 2: 2/11/2005 3:03:04 PM - House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-AK) and other subcommittee and ranking members of the committee this week introduced a six-year highway and transit ...
Kansas Governor Presses Congress on Reauthorization: 2/11/2005 3:01:47 PM - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to Congress this week urging members of her state's delegation to stop passing temporary extensions of federal highway, transit and safety program ...
Budget Proposal Raises Highway, Transit Spending: 2/11/2005 3:01:10 PM - In a budget otherwise marked by reductions in domestic programs, the Bush Administration this week proposed a $284 billion, six-year highway and transit program which it cites as a "35 percent ...
Markups Planned for Reauthorization Bills: 2/4/2005 2:32:18 PM - With House and Senate transportation leaders planning action on reauthorization in the next two weeks, news reports indicate that the Bush Administration is prepared to support a six-year, $299 ...
March Floor Action Predicted for Reauthorization in House: 1/28/2005 4:45:32 PM - Chairman Don Young (R-AK) of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said this week that legislation to reauthorize federal highway and transit programs will be on the House floor the ...
AASHTO President Lettiere, Others Urge Swift Action on Reauthorization: 1/28/2005 4:44:23 PM - In a letter to members of Congress this week, AASHTO President Jack Lettiere, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, said "there is no greater service you can provide all of ...
Congressional Budget Office Estimates Raise Reauthorization Issues: 1/28/2005 4:42:52 PM - The Budget and Economic Outlook issued by the Congressional Budget Office this week held both good and bad news for future prospects of federal surface-transportation reauthorization ...
House Speaker Hastert Pushing for Prompt Action on Reauthorization: 1/21/2005 3:26:13 PM - House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) is again leading the effort to swiftly move highway and transit reauthorization legislation as one of the top priorities of the 109th Congress. Addressing House ...
Secretary Mineta, Minority Leader Reid Speak to Mayors About Reauthorization: 1/21/2005 3:25:10 PM - Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is a priority of the Bush Administration early in the 109th Congress, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta told the ...
State, Industry Transportation Leaders Call on Congress to "Get It Done" on Reauthorization Legislation: 1/12/2005 10:48:00 AM - Saying highway and transit projects -- and the tens of thousands of jobs they provide -- are being held up across the nation by the lack of a federal surface-transportation act, leaders of state ...
Statements from DOT Executives for January 11, 2005 Press Conference: 1/12/2005 10:02:20 AM - State transportation department executives (from left to right) Allen Biehler of Pennsylvania, Phil Shucet of Virginia, Gordon Proctor of Ohio and John Njord of Utah, along with AASHTO Executive ...
109th Congress Takes Office: 1/7/2005 3:01:32 PM - Members of the 109th Congress took the oath of office on Tuesday and organized for the session that will begin in earnest after the January 20 inauguration of President George Bush. Transportation ...
Lewis of California Named House Appropriations Chairman; Istook Remains: 1/7/2005 3:00:33 PM - U.S. House Republican leaders named California Rep. Jerry Lewis as the chairman of one of the most powerful committees in Congress this week-the Committee on Appropriations. Lewis won out over two ...
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Molnau Asks Congress to Move Quickly on Reauthorization in 2005: 12/17/2004 2:20:16 PM - Citing important congestion relief and transportation projects jeopardized by the lack of federal multi-year surface transportation funding, Minnesota Lt. Governor and Transportation Commissioner ...
Reintroduction of Surface Transportation Bills Early Next Year Eyed by Congress: 12/17/2004 2:16:55 PM - Engineering News Record reported this week that key members of Congress and staff plan to reintroduce early in the 109th session multi-year surface transportation legislation that ultimately failed ...
Mineta to Continue as Transportation Secretary; Predicts "Arm-Wrestling" on Reauthorization: 12/10/2004 3:08:52 PM - Bloomberg News reported a White House announcement on Thursday that U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta would remain in the Cabinet post for President Bush's second term, one of five ...
Reid to Leave Environment and Public Works: 12/10/2004 3:06:53 PM - Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) who will assume the post of Senate Minority Leader in the 109th Congress, announced this week that he will vacate his position as ranking member of the Transportation and ...
FY 2005 Transportation Appropriations Approved: 11/22/2004 4:05:18 PM - AASHTO JournalSpecial Bulletin Congress acted this weekend to pass the overall fiscal year 2005 appropriations bill including Transportation appropriations (HR 4818, H Rept. 108-792). The 3,016 page ...
Congress May Punt Highway, Transit Reauthorization to 2005: 11/19/2004 2:40:57 PM - Transportation leaders appear to have been unable to muster the backing of their Congressional colleagues this week for a long-shot attempt to move the reauthorization of the federal highway and ...
Hastert Pushes for Final Action on Reauthorization: 11/10/2004 5:14:33 PM - House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) this week injected new life into the prospects for possible completion of the highway and transit reauthorization bill, telling Fox News that he wants the bill ...
Election Impacts on Outlook for Reauthorization: 11/5/2004 2:06:14 PM - While some small hope exists that transportation leaders may push for a conference agreement on the federal highway and transit program reauthorization during the coming "lame duck" session, most ...
Appropriations: Lame Ducks Likely to Resort to Continuing Resolution: 11/5/2004 2:04:23 PM - When Congress convenes November 16 for a "lame duck" session, it appears they may drop plans for an omnibus appropriations bill in favor of a continuing resolution that will provide funding for ...
States, Railroad Benefit from Tax Bill: 10/15/2004 2:39:46 PM - Among the transportation benefactors of the corporate tax bill passed shortly before the Congress recessed this week are states which lead the nation in gasohol consumption and the nation's railroads ...
Young Addresses Reauthorization Plight: 10/15/2004 2:38:57 PM - Speaking at the Driving Reauthorization Home Seminar at the annual meeting of the American Highway Users Alliance in Washington, D.C., last week, House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Don ...
Congress Acts to Add Ethanol Revenues to Highway Trust Fund: 10/8/2004 3:02:26 PM - In one of the last bills expected to be completed before the election recess, Congress this week approved the transfer of ethanol revenue into the Highway Trust Fund and tougher controls on fuel tax ...
Newspapers Articles/Editorials Chronicle Lapse of Reauthorization: 10/8/2004 3:00:32 PM - Congressional passage last week of an eight-month extension, instead of a multi-year reauthorization of federal highway and transit programs, prompted reaction in newspapers across the ...
Congress Extends Highway, Transit Programs for Eight Months: 10/4/2004 1:09:01 PM - Faced with the prospect of losing some $1.8 billion in fiscal year 2004 obligation authority as the fiscal year ended Thursday, and unable to reach agreement on a multi-year reauthorization, the ...
Nicol Urges Conferees to Keep Working Toward Enactment: 10/1/2004 2:54:37 PM - AASHTO President J. Bryan Nicol on Thursday urged conferees to press on with negotiations to enact a well-funded, six-year reauthorization bill, saying, "We need to make new investments in our ...
States Call on Congress to Complete Reauthorization Immediately: 9/24/2004 5:19:23 PM - AASHTO members this week told Congress that "immediate reauthorization of the highway and transit program at maximum funding levels is urgently needed." "Timing is critical," said AASHTO Executive ...
AASHTO Board Resolutions Call for Quick Reauthorization Action: 9/24/2004 5:17:29 PM - AASHTO's Board of Directors approved several resolutions at the organization's Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, addressing issues in the reauthorization of federal surface-transportation programs and ...
Donor State Deal Under Consideration in Reauthorization Talks: 9/24/2004 5:15:52 PM - The threat of another six-month extension appeared to spur transportation leaders' efforts to bring the long-delayed reauthorization of federal highway and transit programs to a close with passage of ...
Peters Says "Time for Action Is Now": 9/24/2004 5:13:33 PM - Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters this week added her voice to those of state officials calling for immediate action on reauthorization, saying "The time for action is now." Addressing the ...
Transportation Needs Demand Action Remarks by John Njord, President American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials: 9/21/2004 9:02:03 AM - "For nearly a year states have been waiting for the Congress to act on legislation to authorize federal highway, highway safety and transit reauthorization. We've been forced to put major ...
Highway, Transit Investment Critical to Jobs, Economic Recovery State Transportation Officials Urge Immediate Action: 9/21/2004 9:01:05 AM - September 20 (Philadelphia)--With Congress striving to complete a reauthorization of federal highway and transit legislation this week, transportation executives from across the nation are asking ...
Push Continues to Enact Highway, Transit Reauthorization: 9/17/2004 11:55:01 AM - With three weeks remaining before the October 8 target congressional adjournment date, momentum is building for a House-Senate conference agreement for a highway and transit reauthorization bill ...
Inhofe Says Agreement Reached on Highway and Transit Reauthorization: 9/10/2004 1:41:06 PM - Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and of the reauthorization conference committee reportedly told a Tulsa journalist that the funding impasse that ...
Congress to Return for Hectic, Short Session: 9/3/2004 1:48:06 PM - Reauthorization of the federal highway and transit programs is one of a slate of issues members of Congress will face when they return from recess on Tuesday. With eyes focused on the November ...
Conferees Face Hazardous Materials Issues: 8/6/2004 3:54:09 PM - While meetings of the House and Senate transportation reauthorization conference committee have focused on overall funding for highways and transit, the bill being negotiated also contains a ...
FY 2004 Deficit Projected at $445 Billion: 8/6/2004 3:20:07 PM - New estimates of the federal budget deficit this week drew promises from both the Bush Administration and presidential contender John Kerry that they would each take steps to cut the deficit in half ...
House and Senate Pass Short-Term Extension: 7/23/2004 2:46:43 PM - Late Thursday the House and Senate extended highway safety, transit and motor carrier programs through September 30, but extended the federal-aid highway program only through September 24th. ...
House Responds with Counter-Offer, Vote Deferred until September: 7/23/2004 2:46:27 PM - House and Senate conferees this week continued to inch toward a possible agreement on a funding level for the six-year reauthorization of federal highway and transit programs, but deferred any vote ...
Reauthorization Talks Move Conferees Closer to Agreement: 7/16/2004 3:46:38 PM - Efforts to reach a compromise agreement on an overall spending level for the highway and transit reauthorization legislation continued this week, with discussions behind the scenes of possible offers ...
Northeastern Governors Call on Congress to Enact Reauthorization Policies: 7/16/2004 3:45:46 PM - Governors of the Northeast states from Delaware north to Maine have urged members of Congress working on the six-year reauthorization of the nation's surface transportation legislation to guarantee ...
More Widespread Tolling Under Consideration Nationwide: 7/9/2004 3:12:15 PM - The prospect of states being granted broader ability to impose tolls to get highways built has set off a frenzy of lobbying in the nation's capitol, focused on language in the Senate version of the ...
Conferees Delay Decision on Funding Level: 7/9/2004 3:11:40 PM - At a sometimes heated meeting of reauthorization conferees on Wednesday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Don Young (R-AK) indicated that he was unable to respond on behalf of the ...
Staff Meetings Prepare for Next Conference Meeting July 7: 7/2/2004 4:02:32 PM - House and Senate committee staff worked throughout the week on reconciling the two versions of the highway and transit reauthorization bill (H.R. 3550). But decisions on much of the bill hinge ...
House Passes Fresh One-Month Extension of TEA-21: 6/25/2004 4:27:56 PM - The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate acted on Wednesday to extend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) - the federal law authorizing highway and transit expenditure ...
Senate Conferees Propose $318 Billion Program: 6/25/2004 4:25:23 PM - At a meeting of transportation reauthorization conferees on Wednesday, the Senate formally proposed its six-year funding level of $318 billion, and asked that the House respond to the proposal by the ...
Administration Highlights Pros and Cons on Policy: 6/25/2004 4:23:54 PM - As conferees continue work on the highway and transit reauthorization bill, Secretary Norman Mineta this week underscored the Administration's views on safety, state and local flexibility, innovative ...
Conference Begins, Another Extension Eyed: 6/10/2004 2:30:08 PM - As conferees on the transportation reauthorization bill came together for their first negotiating session this week, members of the Senate were reportedly debating the length of another short-term ...
Business Leaders Push President for Minimum $318 billion Reauthorization: 6/10/2004 2:14:14 PM - U.S. businesses joined a chorus of interest groups urging the Bush Administration to support a transportation reauthorization bill funded no lower than $318 billion. House and Senate differences ...
AASHTO and ITS American Seek Expanded Eligibility in Reauthorization: 6/10/2004 2:09:02 PM - AASHTO and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America this week called on legislators reconciling the reauthorization of federal surface transportation legislation for the next six years to ...
First Conference Set for Highway, Transit Bill: 6/4/2004 3:02:46 PM - The House this week appointed 52 conferees to the highway and transit reauthorization bill, in preparation for the first conference on the bill scheduled Thursday, June 9. It also approved a ...
AASHTO Urges Quick Deliberations, Policies: 6/4/2004 2:54:48 PM - AASHTO President John Njord has urged House and Senate conferees to support the Senate's $318 billion funding levels, to maintain funding guarantees and firewalls, and to grow the core highway ...
Comparison of Administration, Senate and House Bills on www.Transportation.org: 6/1/2004 8:53:09 AM - A comparison of the Bush Administration, Senate and House of Representatives’ bills reauthorizing the nation’s six-year surface transportation programs has been compiled by AASHTO staff. It is ...
Staffs of Senate, Probable House Conferees Meet: 6/1/2004 8:52:52 AM - Though House conferees are yet to be named, staff members for Senators already named to a House-Senate Conference Committee on transportation reauthorization met on Wednesday with staff of House ...
Roadblocks Removed for Reauthorization Conference: 5/21/2004 1:46:27 PM - After three weeks of delay, Senate Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday took the first step toward naming conferees and proceeding to a House-Senate conference on the reauthorization of federal ...
AASHTO Board Urges Action: 5/21/2004 1:45:23 PM - The AASHTO Board of Directors this week urged Congress to enact a six-year highway and transit reauthorization legislation funded at the $318 billion level passed by the Senate. The ...
Reauthorization Addresses Key Transportation Issues: 5/21/2004 1:45:10 PM - Both the House and Senate reauthorization bills include important provisions key to improving state transportation programs in the areas of safety, research, environmental streamlining, finance, and ...
No Movement on Appointment of Conferees: 5/14/2004 2:58:19 PM - Senate leaders were unable to break a stalemate this week that has prevented the appointment of conferees to the House-Senate conference on the reauthorization of the federal-aid highway and transit ...
Conference to Proceed Without White House Sign-off: 5/7/2004 2:24:38 PM - With no progress made on efforts to reach agreement with White House officials on overall funding for a new highway and transit reauthorization, House and Senate leaders said this week that they ...
States Urge Action to Increase Border Improvements: 5/7/2004 2:21:15 PM - Governors of eight border states this week urged House and Senate transportation leaders to support the guaranteed funding provided in the Senate reauthorization bill to help states plan and ...
Congress Again Goes to the Wire on Highway, Transit Extension: 4/30/2004 3:24:49 PM - The Senate averted a shutdown of federal highway, highway safety and motor carrier programs late Thursday by passing a third short-term extension that will continue programs until June 30. The ...
Governors Urge President to Reconsider Stance on Highway, Transit Funding: 4/30/2004 3:21:46 PM - Governors of 17 states this week wrote to President Bush urging him to "agree to support the $318 billion approved overwhelmingly by the U.S. Senate" in its version of the highway and transit ...
Slow Start toward Reauthorization Conference: 4/23/2004 2:53:32 PM - Against a backdrop of election-year partisanship, efforts to launch a House-Senate conference on the reauthorization of federal highway and transit programs made slow progress this week, as attention ...
Conference, Extension Focus as Congress Returns: 4/16/2004 3:11:22 PM - After two weeks of hearing from constituents in their home districts, Congress returns to work next Tuesday with only 10 days remaining before the expiration of current federal highway and transit ...
McCain to Offer Amtrak Restructuring Bill: 4/16/2004 3:09:26 PM - Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, on April 8 introduced an Amtrak reauthorization bill (S. 2306) that would over its six-year term make ...
Clock Ticking as House, Senate Conference Still to Meet on Reauthorization: 4/9/2004 1:51:47 PM - As time remaining in the latest extension of the federal highway authorization law ticks toward an April 30 expiration, observers on Capitol Hill voiced concern that partisan wrangling may create a ...
NASTO Discusses Outlook for Reauthorization Conference: 4/9/2004 1:51:10 PM - Northeastern transportation officials were urged to "turn up the volume" about the urgent need for a well-funded transportation reauthorization bill, at a packed Tuesday session at the Northeastern ...
House Passes Reauthorization, 357-65, As Veto Threat Looms: 4/2/2004 2:15:28 PM - Under the threat of a White House veto despite massive cost-cutting, the House on Friday passed by a vote of 357-65 a $275 billion bill to reauthorize surface-transportation programs for six years. ...
Minimum Guarantee Fight Deferred to Conference: 4/2/2004 2:14:53 PM - House and Senate conferees will be facing an issue that came close to scuttling the House reauthorization bill this week, the size of the minimum guarantee percentage return and the scope to which ...
House Votes on Amendments Appearing in H.R. 3550: 4/2/2004 2:13:22 PM - The House of Representatives on Thursday approved an amendment to the highway and transit reauthorization bill that would repeal the authority to toll indefinitely on existing highway lanes and ...
White House Details Objections to House Transportation Bill: 4/2/2004 2:12:51 PM - The Bush Administration, in a "statement of administration policy" issued March 30 by its Office of Management and Budget, detailed its objections to the House surface transportation bill (H.R. ...
Finance Provisions Would Raise $17 Billion: 4/2/2004 2:12:17 PM - Included in the House-passed reauthorization bill are provisions to add some $17 billion to the Highway Trust Fund over the next six years. However, the bill also contains two corporate tax cuts ...
House Bill Offers New Programs: 4/2/2004 2:11:38 PM - As approved by the House on Friday, H.R. 3550, the six-year highway and transit reauthorization bill, contains a number of new programs related to highway construction, safety and research. Among ...
AASHTO Addresses Amendments: 4/2/2004 2:11:20 PM - The House Committee on Rules Wednesday discarded some 36 requested amendments to H.R. 3550, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, including several to which AASHTO had objected in ...
House to Begin Debate On Reauthorization Bill: 3/31/2004 11:36:27 AM - The House is expected to begin debate on H.R. 3550 on Wednesday, with two hours of opening statements reserved for members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and forty minutes ...
T&I Reports Highway and Transit Bill, Floor Action Possible Next Week: 3/26/2004 4:17:38 PM - A $275/$283 billion highway and transit reauthorization bill may come to the House floor for a vote next week, but the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hope to reopen the ...
12 Governors Weigh In on Minimum Guarantee: 3/26/2004 4:16:20 PM - Twelve state governors have cosigned a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert warning that they will recommend that their delegations not support a reauthorization bill unless their concerns about ...
Committee Asked to Support Core Programs: 3/26/2004 4:03:39 PM - AASHTO, the National Association of Counties and the National League of Cities sent House transportation leaders a joint letter on Tuesday supporting highway and transit funding of at least the ...
Hastert Backing a $275 Billion, Six-Year Bill: 3/12/2004 4:15:35 PM - After weeks of uncertainty and rumors, House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) said on Thursday that the House would move a $275 billion highway and transit reauthorization bill. The bill would ...
Groups Urge Bill at Senate Levels: 3/5/2004 4:36:36 PM - In March 3 letters to President Bush and the House of Representatives, AASHTO and member organizations of the Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition urge elected leaders not to fund surface ...
With Two-Month Extension, House Action Awaited on Reauthorization: 3/5/2004 4:30:41 PM - With federal highway and highway safety programs extended until the end of April, House leaders are debating how to proceed on reauthorization legislation. Meanwhile the House Ways and Means ...
Mineta and Inhofe Issue Statements Regarding Two-Month TEA-21 Extension: 3/1/2004 3:50:23 PM - U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta issued the following statement Friday, Feb. 27, regarding the two-month extension of TEA-21 approved by the U.S. Senate earlier that day. The extension ...
President Signs Two-Month TEA-21 Extension: 2/27/2004 4:55:17 PM - The earlier, five-month extension of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, (TEA-21) which Congress enacted last year, expired February 29. Late Friday, the Senate agreed to House ...
Senators Urge Continued Push for Reauthorization: 2/27/2004 4:55:05 PM - Key Senate transportation leaders this week urged state officials to continue to push for swift action in the House to enact highway and transit reauthorization legislation. Sen. James Inhofe, ...
House Prepares for Markup: 2/27/2004 4:34:55 PM - House authorizers said this week that even though the funding level is "inadequate" to meet the nation's needs, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is working to reduce its $375 billion ...
SHARE Coalition Demanding 95-Percent Return on Trust-Fund Contributions: 2/27/2004 4:33:35 PM - Led by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (D-TX), the State Highway Alliance for Real Equity (SHARE) this week again called for a 95 percent return to states for their gas-tax contributions to the ...
After Reauthorization, Budget and Appropriations Hurdles Remain: 2/27/2004 4:33:08 PM - Transportation supporters "need to be worried," Senate staff members said Thursday, warning that even when a reauthorization bill is enacted, pressure to reduce the deficit may impede increases in ...
Peters: Six-Year Transportation Bill Only Approach Worth Considering: 2/27/2004 4:21:48 PM - Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters on Wednesday addressed the AASHTO Washington Legislative Briefing, urging lawmakers working on transportation reauthorization to avoid short-term ...
Senate Bill Aims at Transit Reform: 2/27/2004 4:16:51 PM - Sherri Little, staff member for the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said this week that Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and other committee leaders had sought three objectives in ...
Three Honored with AASHTO Environmental Awards: 2/27/2004 4:09:20 PM - AASHTO President John Njord presented AASHTO's Environmental Leadership Award to Voinovich at a reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday, during the AASHTO Washington Legislative Briefing. The AASHTO ...
Two-Year Extension Discussions Said to be Underway: 2/27/2004 3:00:41 PM - Discussions appear to be underway in the House to propose a two-year bill in lieu of a six-year highway and transit reauthorization. Following a meeting on Tuesday, House Speaker Dennis Hastert was ...
Reauthorization Focus Shifts to House: 2/20/2004 1:59:02 PM - Efforts to secure passage of a six-year highway and transit reauthorization bill will shift to the House of Representatives next week, as construction industry and state transportation officials come ...
White House Veto Threat Renewed: 2/20/2004 1:58:04 PM - Following passage of the Senate's highway and transit reauthorization bill last week, the White House issued another veto threat, saying the Senate had "missed an important opportunity to rein in ...
Republican Governor Urges Bush to Sign a Bill: 2/20/2004 1:56:59 PM - Ohio Governor Bob Taft last week wrote to President Bush saying, "As work continues on the surface transportation reauthorization bill in Congress, I urge you not to veto this critical legislation ...
Senate Bill Includes Wide Range of Amendments: 2/20/2004 1:55:04 PM - A wide range of amendments were added to the Senate reauthorization bill, S. 1072, during its final hours of debate, including a number related to safety programs. The Senate rejected an ...
Senate Votes 76-21 to Pass Six-Year, $318 Billion Reauthorization: 2/13/2004 4:33:41 PM - Rejecting efforts to downsize its $318 billion highway, transit and highway safety reauthorization bill, the Senate voted 76-21 to approve S. 1072, which would fund $255 billion for highways, $56.5 ...
Senate Stands Firm on Funding Levels: 2/13/2004 4:32:46 PM - Despite pressure to reduce funding levels and an explicit veto threat from the Bush Administration, the Senate voted 78 - 20 to maintain the bill at $318 billion for highways, highway safety and ...
Senate Acts on Amendments: 2/13/2004 4:31:31 PM - While some 295 amendments to the highway and transit reauthorization bill were filed by senators after the substitute bill was introduced on Tuesday, only a dozen actually came to the Senate floor ...
White House Issues Veto Threat, Administration Policy: 2/13/2004 4:23:37 PM - In a statement of administration policy formally issued through the Office of Management and Budget, President Bush on Wednesday threatened to veto the Senate's version of the transportation ...
House Passes Four-Month Extension: 2/13/2004 4:21:49 PM - The House gave unanimous approval Wednesday to a four-month extension of federal highway and transit programs. The current extension expires February 29, and the House Transportation and ...
Ohio Leaders Advise Mineta: Administration Funding Levels Inadequate: 2/13/2004 4:17:59 PM - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta visited Ohio on Wednesday, promoting the Bush Administration's approach to the transportation reauthorization bill - but found several officials ...
Bonding Proposal Unveiled: 2/13/2004 3:56:33 PM - An innovative bonding proposal to raise up to $56 billion to supplement the highway and transit funding of the Senate reauthorization bill was introduced as an amendment to the Senate transportation ...
Amtrak Seeks Budget Increase: 2/13/2004 3:52:18 PM - Amtrak has submitted a request to the Congress for $1.798 billion for capital and operating expenses for FY05, about $400 million more than it received for the current fiscal year. Meanwhile ...
Senate Passes Reauthorization Bill by 76-21 Margin: 2/13/2004 9:59:09 AM - The Senate on Thursday passed its $318 billion six-year highway and transit reauthorization bill (S. 1072) by a vote of 76 to 21. AASHTO Executive Director John ...
Veto Threat on Reauthorization Discounted: 2/6/2004 4:55:41 PM - Two Bush Cabinet officials, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and Secretary of the Treasury John Snow, this week warned they may recommend a veto of any reauthorization bill that includes a ...
House Science Committee Reports Research Title: 2/6/2004 4:55:12 PM - The House Science Committee on Wednesday reported out by voice vote the Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2004, which will be proposed for addition to the House reauthorization ...
Chairman Young Asks President to Reconsider Veto Threat: 2/6/2004 4:54:43 PM - House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-AK) penned a letter to President George W. Bush, asking him to reconsider recently issued restrictions on what a surface ...
House Considering Four-Month TEA-21 Extension: 2/6/2004 4:53:23 PM - With only two Congressional work weeks left before the expiration of the TEA-21 extension of federal highway and transit programs, House leaders are reportedly planning another four-month ...
Amendments in the Wings: 2/6/2004 4:53:16 PM - Senators have a host of amendments to the highway and reauthorization bill ranging from repealing set-asides for stormwater drainage to revising environmental reforms. More are expected when debate ...
Sen. Voinovich Files Amendment on Historic Preservation in Transportation: 2/6/2004 4:53:03 PM - U.S. Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) this week filed an amendment to the transportation reauthorization bill, that would incorporate a breakthrough agreement among historic preservation groups and state ...
Highways and Transit Flat in FY ’05 Budget; Reauthorization Funding Upped: 2/6/2004 4:51:43 PM - President Bush’s $2.4 trillion budget request calls for $58.7 billion for transportation in Fiscal Year 2005 and increases the administration’s reauthorization proposal for surface transportation ...
Issues Raised Over Senate Proposals: 1/30/2004 3:42:47 PM - As the Senate prepares to take up the highway and transit reauthorization bill next week, AASHTO joined with other organizations to voice concern over increased mandates and the tripling of ...
NCSL Urges Action on Reauthorization: 1/30/2004 3:41:13 PM - In a letter to the House and Senate leadership today, the National conference of State Legislatures urged Congress to enact this year "a six-year surface transportation reauthorization measure ...
Senate Slated to Begin Floor Action on Monday: 1/30/2004 3:37:49 PM - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) took steps this week to clear the way for the Senate to begin its debate on its highway and transit reauthorization bill as scheduled next Monday. Senator ...
House Compiling Managers Amendment: 1/23/2004 2:15:42 PM - Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee pushed ahead this week to ready their highway and transit reauthorization bill for mark-up. House Transportation and Infrastructure ...
Senate Leaders Unveil New "Equity Bonus" Proposal: 1/23/2004 2:14:07 PM - Leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week unveiled a new "equity bonus program," their proposal to ensure that every state receives a 95 percent return on their ...
Work Underway on Reauthorization: 1/23/2004 2:12:00 PM - Efforts began in earnest this week in both the House and Senate to ready a six-year highway and transit reauthorization bill for action in the coming weeks. The five-month extension of the ...
Sandherr Stresses Need for Action: 1/16/2004 3:13:19 PM - Citing the need for immediate jobs creation, Stephen Sandherr, Chief Executive Officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, on Thursday told transportation colleagues "the time to act is ...
AASHTO Urges Action on Reauthorization: 1/16/2004 3:12:39 PM - AASHTO President John Njord this week urged House and Senate transportation leaders to press for swift passage of a six-year highway and transit reauthorization bill when Congress returns to begin ...
Reauthorization Track Planned: 1/9/2004 4:37:23 PM - House and Senate transportation authorizers hope to ready a new highway and transportation bill by February 29, but anticipate that another short-term extension will be needed to keep federal ...
Science Committee Proposes Research Provisions for Reauthorization: 12/29/2003 12:01:32 PM - The House Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards of the House Committee on Science has introduced legislation proposing additional research and development provisions to be included in ...
President Bush Signs FAA Reauthorization, Vision 100—Century of Aviation: 12/19/2003 1:48:56 PM - President Bush has signed into law the four-year, $60 billion reauthorization of federal aviation programs, which includes some $14.2 billion for the Airport Improvement Program. The bill, H.R. ...
House Rolls Out Bipartisan $375 Billion Reauthorization Bill: 11/20/2003 2:20:34 PM - At a press conference on Wednesday the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unveiled its bipartisan $375 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill that calls for a 72 percent ...
House Reauthorization Bill May Be Unveiled November 19: 11/14/2003 9:13:49 AM - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee may unveil its reauthorization bill next week, according to several observers. Chairman Don Young (R-AK) and other leaders of the House ...
Senate Reports Highway Reauthorization Bill: 11/14/2003 9:01:14 AM - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday reported out the highway section of the six-year, $255 billion highway and transit reauthorization bill (S.1072), by a vote of 17-2. ...
AASHTO Posts Summary of Senate Reauthorization Bill: 11/7/2003 10:22:25 AM - Additional details on the reauthorization bill proposed last week by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are now available here under "Top Reauthorization Issues". The draft bill is ...
Mayors Back $375 billion House Reauthorization Bill: 11/7/2003 10:22:01 AM - Joined by the bipartisan leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the U.S. Conference of Mayors this week threw its support behind the committee’s planned $375 billion, ...
Continuing Resolution Extended to November 21: 11/7/2003 10:21:46 AM - Congress this week enacted a third continuing resolution (HJ Res 76) to keep federal agencies running through November 21, the target adjournment date. It now appears that FY 2004 appropriations ...
Reauthorization Bill Emerges in Senate: 10/31/2003 4:20:23 PM - Leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week produced a bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize federal highway programs for six years. While the initial provisions add up ...
Fresh Continuing Resolution Keeps Funds Flowing for a Week: 10/31/2003 4:04:05 PM - Congress passed and sent to the president a continuing resolution to fund the government for an additional week. The funding level for highways and transit is based on FY 2003 funding levels. ...
Senate Passes Transportation Appropriations: 10/24/2003 4:39:03 PM - Senate leaders voted 91-3 to pass the Transportation and Treasury appropriations bill on Thursday, clearing the way for a House-Senate conference committee on the measure as soon as next week. ...
Senate EPW Leaders Announce Bipartisan TEA-21 Reauthorization Agreement: 10/24/2003 4:38:10 PM - Four senators central to negotiations for reauthorization of the federal highway and transit financing law on Thursday announced a bipartisan agreement for a six-year reauthorization of the ...
Highway Trust Fund Revenue Estimates Fall: 10/17/2003 3:47:14 PM - Twice a year, the Treasury Department makes available estimates of the revenue expected to flow to the Highway Trust Fund from motor-fuel and other excise taxes, the retail tax on trucks, ...
Young Remains Committed to $375 Billion Program: 10/10/2003 4:35:55 PM - A key staff member of the House Surface Transportation Subcommittee this week said that Chairman Don Young (R-AK) and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee remain committed to a six-year ...
DOT Funding Eyed for Omnibus Appropriations Bill: 10/10/2003 4:35:46 PM - House and Senate leaders indicate that they will again resort to an omnibus appropriations bill for as many as six funding bills still pending two weeks into FY 2004. One of the six, observers ...
Njord: Six-Year Reauthorization Still Possible; Draft Needed by Thanksgiving: 10/6/2003 9:23:01 AM - AASHTO President John Njord on Wednesday called on Congress to mobilize quickly to draft a full-scale reauthorization of highway and transit programs, saying further delay is sure to cause ...
AASHTO President Asks T&I Chairman to Address Reauthorization with Urgency: 10/6/2003 9:20:42 AM - AASHTO President John Njord, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Transportation, on Wednesday sent a letter on behalf of AASHTO to U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ...
President Signs Five-Month Extension; CR Provides Only One Month of Funding: 10/6/2003 9:20:26 AM - President George Bush on Tuesday signed legislation extending federal highway and transit programs until February 29, 2004. However, the continuing resolution, which he also signed, limits state ...
House and Senate Act to Sustain Highway, Transit Programs for Five Months: 9/26/2003 3:46:35 PM - Acting to stave off the shutdown of federal transportation programs and agencies, the House and Senate this week approved a bill to extend authorizations for federal highway, highway safety and ...
NGA, Transportation Secretary Mineta Stump for Reauthorization: 9/26/2003 3:36:09 PM - In the days leading up to the Sept. 30 deadline for reauthorizing TEA-21, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and National Governor’s Association Chairman Idaho Gov. Dick Kempthorne (R) urged ...
Congress Acts to Prevent FAA Furloughs: 9/26/2003 3:34:51 PM - Still grappling with a controversial conference report on the reauthorization of federal aviation programs, the Congress included a one-month extension of the programs as part of a continuing ...
Congress Passes Continuing Resolution to Keep Government Running a Month: 9/26/2003 3:34:37 PM - Unable to approve 10 of the 13 annual appropriations bills necessary to keep federal agencies operating, both houses of Congress on Thursday approved a one-month continuing resolution, or CR, at ...
House, Senate Preparing Short-Term Extensions: 9/12/2003 4:07:42 PM - With only two weeks remaining before the expiration of the federal highway and transit programs, House and Senate authorizers this week drafted bills to keep the programs operating. But quick action ...
TEA 21 Impacts of Delay: $2.1 Billion in Projects Delayed; 90,000 Jobs Lost: 9/12/2003 4:03:31 PM - State transportation officials estimate that a short-term extension of federal highway and transit programs, rather than enactment of a six-year bill, would mean $2.1 billion in project delays and ...
Mineta Urges Immediate Passage of Six-Year Bill: 9/12/2003 4:03:13 PM - Addressing state transportation leaders on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta warned, “Enactment of anything less than a full, six-year reauthorization will greatly endanger the ...
AASHTO Elects Utah’s Njord President at Annual Meeting in Minneapolis: 9/11/2003 12:11:51 PM - The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) elected John Njord, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Transportation, its President for 2003-2004 at the ...
AASHTO Urges Temporary Extension, Renews Call for Six-Year Bill: 9/11/2003 12:10:31 PM - State transportation officials on Sunday called for enactment of a temporary six-month extension of the federal surface transportation financing law that would ensure no shutdown after September 30 ...
Administration Urges Quick Action to Prevent FHWA Shut Down: 9/5/2003 4:33:11 PM - The Administration on Thursday warned “it is critical” that Congress acts to remedy provisions in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) that would “shut down or significantly ...
Civil Engineers Call for Gas Tax Increase to Fund TEA-21: 9/5/2003 4:32:34 PM - Saying that "TEA-21 reauthorization is critical in order to expand infrastructure investment, enhance infrastructure delivery, and maximize infrastructure effectiveness," the American Society of ...
Congress Returns to TEA-21 Countdown: 8/29/2003 3:22:03 PM - When Congress returns from its August recess next Tuesday, only 28 days will remain in which to head off a potential shutdown of the federal-aid highway program with the expiration of the ...
Senate Committee Leaders Hold Transportation Forum: 8/26/2003 9:26:31 AM - Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member John Cornyn (R-TX) returned to Texas last week with its Chairman, James Inhofe (R-OK), to get feedback from regional leaders as Congress prepares ...
Ohio Transportation Jobs and Progress Plan Relies Partly on Reauthorization: 8/26/2003 9:24:57 AM - Ohio Gov. Bob Taft (R) earlier this month unveiled his Jobs and Progress Plan in a series of press conferences across the state, marking the largest transportation initiative since the original ...
Aging Population Will Become a Factor in Transportation Funding, Report States: 8/15/2003 4:40:16 PM - The Brookings Institution released a report last month that alerts federal legislators to the growing transportation needs of an aging population, as lawmakers look at future surface- transportation ...
Aviation Programs Also Face September 30 Expiration: 8/15/2003 4:39:59 PM - Aviation interests are using the August recess to argue their positions on privatization of certain federal aviation services, in preparation for votes on a conference report on legislation to ...
Petri to Try “A Few More Doors” in Gas Tax Push for Reauthorization: 8/8/2003 4:20:26 PM - Representative Tom Petri (R-WI), Chairman of the Surface Transportation Subcommittee, said this week that while he is still hopeful reauthorizing legislation can be enacted by October 1, “odds are ...
Federal Highway Administration Shutdown Possible Unless Congress Acts: 8/8/2003 4:18:49 PM - The Federal Highway Administration has circulated a memorandum indicating that the agency faces “imminent shutdown” on October 1, unless Congress acts to continue operation of the agency. The ...
Treasury Reacts as Interest Grows in Bonding Proposals to Fund Reauthorization: 8/4/2003 8:59:33 AM - As lawmakers grapple to find a way to fund highway and transit increases without a gasoline tax increase, bonding proposals, such as the Senate Finance Committee’s and AASHTO’s proposed ...
Gas Tax Increase to Fund Reauthorization Faces Opposition: 8/4/2003 8:58:03 AM - Although House authorizers still support a user fee increase to fund highway and transit funding increases, even Chairman Don Young (R-AK) concedes that the proposal faces opposition, as the deadline ...
Study Proposed of Impact of Rail Grade Crossing Delays in Authorization: 7/25/2003 3:06:07 PM - The bill (S. 1402) was introduced by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Chair and Ranking Member respectively of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. It ...
Federal Lawmakers, DC Officials Join AASHTO Call for ’03 Reauthorization: 7/25/2003 2:50:28 PM - Lawmakers joined the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), District of Columbia officials and other transportation groups on Thursday to stress the importance ...
House Appropriators Boost Highway Funds: 7/18/2003 3:42:51 PM - House transportation appropriators on July 11 reported out a bill that would boost highway funding by nearly $3 billion for FY 2004. The bill goes before the full appropriations committee for action ...
T&I Committee Members Stump for Intelligent Transportation in Reauthorization: 7/18/2003 3:41:24 PM - Members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee used a technology fair at the Rayburn Office Building Tuesday to promote their $375 billion reauthorization ...
Authorizers Aim for Post-Recess Mark-Up: 7/18/2003 3:35:37 PM - August may not prove to be much of a recess for members and staff of the House and Senate transportation authorizing committees, as they continue to press for the financial solutions that will allow ...
Appropriators Set Obligation Limit at $34 Billion: 7/11/2003 3:05:38 PM - House appropriators on Friday morning reported out the FY 2004 transportation appropriations bill, setting a highway obligation limitation of $34.134 billion. In addition to the $34.1 highway ...
Legislators Counter SHARE with FAIR: 7/11/2003 11:21:08 AM - FAIR claims that if enacted as part of reauthorization of TEA 21, raising the return rate to 95 percent will cause 17 states and the District of Columbia to lose out on more than $1 billion in ...
TEA-21 Expiration Could Curtail State Reimbursements: 7/11/2003 11:20:50 AM - In past years when highway authorization legislation lapsed, the FHWA was permitted to continue to reimburse states for work being done on federally-approved projects. However, the Transportation ...
Safety, Trucking Bills Next Step for Reauthorization: 6/27/2003 12:20:44 PM - The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved authorization language for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
New Start Reforms, Bus Rapid Transit Examined: 6/26/2003 10:40:02 AM - On Tuesday morning, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee heard from Federal Transit Administrator Jennifer Dorn, JayEtta Hecker of the General Accounting Office, and other experts ...
Amtrak, Rail Financing Bills Reported: 6/24/2003 12:22:59 PM - RIDE-21 would provide up to $60 billion in financing authority for high-speed passenger-rail and freight-rail infrastructure projects. Consistent with AASHTO’s position, the Amtrak bill authorizes ...
Oberstar Introduces Pedestrian/Cyclist Measure: 6/23/2003 2:40:50 PM - Joined by supporters and fellow Reps. Nicholas Lampson (D-TX) and James Moran (D-VA), Oberstar unveiled the Pedestrian and Cyclist Equity Act of 2003 (PACE), which he said would be part of the ...
NGA Economic Development Chair, Vice-Chair Urge Full Six-Year Reauthorization: 6/23/2003 2:38:24 PM - NGA Economic and Commerce Committee Chair Gov. Mike Johanns (R-NB) and Committee Vice-Chair Gov. James E. McGreevey (D-NJ) signed the June 18 letter to Chairman James M. Inhofe of the Senate ...
House Transportation Leaders Continue Promotion of Highway, Transit Reauthorization: 6/23/2003 2:37:52 PM - Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Anthony Weiner (D-NY), and John Boozman (R-AR) also participated. With the Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges over the East River in the ...
AASHTO Appeals for More Transit Funding: 6/21/2003 10:08:30 AM - At a hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Tuesday, California Department of Transportation Director Jeff Morales told federal legislators the Bush ...
House Transportation Committee Chairman Young Seeks Transportation “Legacy”: 6/17/2003 8:13:44 AM - Rep. Don Young (R-AK), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee told those attending the “Transportation Policies and Priorities for Economic Growth” ...
Sen. Bond Asks for Coalition Help to Secure More Transportation Funding: 6/17/2003 8:13:05 AM - With the future of federal transportation funding for the next six years at stake, Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) told Americans for Transportation Mobility coalition members on Wednesday the ...
House and Senate Pass Aviation Reauthorization: 6/17/2003 8:12:34 AM - Both the House and Senate this week passed aviation reauthorization bills that would increase funding for the Aviation Improvement Program and streamline project delivery. However, the White House ...
House Transportation Leaders Promote Highway, Transit Reauthorization: 6/17/2003 8:11:36 AM - With Cleveland's Inner Belt Bridge as a backdrop, House transportation leaders continued their campaign to focus public attention on the nation's transportation investment needs, as a ...
Rough Roads Report to the Rescue of Reauthorization?: 6/2/2003 10:10:39 AM - The report is the work of The Road Information Program (TRIP) and is titled "Keep Both Hands on the Wheel: Cities with the Bumpiest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother." "Congress ...
Congressional Transportation Leaders Visiting Roads Projects: 6/2/2003 10:02:02 AM - Congressional committee leaders and federal officials are joining with state and local transportation officials in a series of meetings to view road projects underway and rally support for increased ...
Latest Reauthorization News: 5/29/2003 9:59:17 AM - Administration Reauthorization Proposal Criticized At Senate and House committee reauthorization hearings this week with DOT Secretary Norm Mineta FHWA Administrator Mary Peters FTA Administrator ...
Summary of Reauthorization Proposal/AASHTO Comments: 5/29/2003 9:44:47 AM - The following is a summary of the administration's proposals. The complete text may be obtained on the U.S. DOT web site at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reauthorization/safetea.htm. Funding ...
Congressional Reaction to Administration Reauthorization Proposal: 5/29/2003 9:16:04 AM - Voicing noticeable frustration with the Administration’s SAFETEA proposal at a hearing on Thursday were top House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members Chairman Rep. Don Young RAK and ...
Bush Administration Releases Safe Affordable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: 5/29/2003 9:13:37 AM - The Bush Administration on Wed. May 14 formally unveiled its sixyear highway and transit reauthorization bill titled the Safe Accountable Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 ...