February 9, 2019 – The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the 116thCongress formally kicked off its work yesterday with a marathon seven-hour hearing entitled “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot Wait.”
November 29, 2018 – A Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday foreshadowed upcoming discussions as Congress prepares to tackle surface transportation reauthorization next year.
Instead of levying a vehicle miles traveled fee (VMT), which would charge drivers based on the mileage they drive, policymakers should explore and consider a different revenue mechanism that appears to have several advantages over VMT. A usage time (UT) fee would be based on time the vehicle is in use; fees start accruing when the engine starts and stop when the engine shuts down.
May 18, 2018 – Planning for and building resilient infrastructure can minimize life-cycle costs if changes in technology, security threats, and transportation/land use patterns are all taken into account in the larger context of climate change and population shifts.
What better way to start the recovery from a divisive election season than to unite around an inspiring technology, to ensure it is rolled out safely and effectively, to help improve the well-being of citizens, and enter the next generation of transportation with an emphasis on multi-passenger, electric, driverless vehicles operated through a ride sharing network.
September 7, 2016 – The Federal Highway Administration last week awarded $14 million to a variety of projects to test user-based methods of highway revenue collection other than motor fuel taxes.
Last week, Christopher E. Ferrell and David B.
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June 18, 2015 – The House Ways and Means Committee held the first of several upcoming Congressional hearings yesterday to examine options for the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.
February 11, 2015 – This morning, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing on surface transportation reauthorization featuring Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx as the witness. This was the first hearing of the year with the full committee discussing the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization.
Nossaman transportation policy expert Edward Kussy and rail veteran Kevin Sheys assess the relative merits of the federal transportation funding proposal in the Eno Center for Transportation Report “The Life and Death of the Highway Trust Fund.” This is a brief commentary on the Eno Center For Transportation’s excellent report on federal transportation funding, entitled […]
BY RICK RYBECK* Just Economics, LLC On November 23rd, “60 Minutes” broadcast an episode about crumbling infrastructure in the United States. According to the show, most politicians, corporations, business interest groups and labor unions recognize the importance of infrastructure in maintaining our economic competitiveness, both at home and abroad.
In December 2014, Eno released a detailed research report about the current and future prospects of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF).
BY PATRICK BRADY Much to the relief of Vehicle Mile Traveled (VMT) fee opponents, Chairman of the House Transportation Committee Bill Shuster recently proclaimed that a VMT fee at the federal level is not in the cards as a way to fund the upcoming highway bill.
BY TOM McNAMARA Transportation Consultant, and former UDOT policy staff, OST Good highway policy is difficult to achieve. Nonetheless, it is a worthy pursuit in itself and good highway policy can help other surface transportation modes as well. Experts disagree whether this nation faces imminent calamity regarding its surface transportation infrastructure.
Senator Barbara Boxer made headlines, at least in the small transportation world, when she said that she was leaning towards the idea of getting rid of the gas tax and replacing it with “a sales fee.” She further clarified by indicating that this could be “a percentage highway fee that is paid for at the […]
Governor Bob McDonnell’s proposal for funding transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been the subject of a flurry of discussion in the transportation community. The proposal would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate its gasoline tax (although it would keep a tax on diesel, effectively meaning trucks, in place).
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