1978 Carter Message to Congress on Highway and Transit Programs
This is House Document 95-284, President Carter’s message to Congress of January 26, 1978 transmitting his proposed highway and mass transit reauthorization bill.
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This is House Document 95-284, President Carter’s message to Congress of January 26, 1978 transmitting his proposed highway and mass transit reauthorization bill.
By Jeff Davis
The first law providing federal aid to states for construction and maintenance of roads was enacted almost a century ago, in 1916.
By Jeff Davis
January 22, 2018 – On the morning of January 22, someone leaked an internal 6-page summary of the larger, 60-something-page White House infrastructure plan that has been formulated over the last year by the staff of the National Economic Council (NEC).
By Jeff Davis
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Timeline of Key Moments in Federal Bridge Policy
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By Jeff Davis
November 9, 2017 – A bevy of proposals to increase transportation spending at the state and local level, either through new indebtedness or dedicated tax revenues (or through indebtedness to be repaid by dedicated tax revenues) were largely successful in the November 7 elections.
By Jeff Davis
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By Owain James
July 20, 2017 – The House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing on July 19 on the state of infrastructure in rural America, which included discussion of the inland waterways system.
By Jeff Davis
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July 7, 2017- The U.S. Department of Transportation withdrew from formal participation in the Gateway Development Program as a new cost estimate for centerpiece of the program raised the total program cost to near $30 billion.
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