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Senate Moves to Shake up Transportation Conference Amid Hill Sniping
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (photo by Todd Zwillich)Senate negotiators tried to break an impasse with House Republicans over a surface transportation bill Tuesday,...
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Airport Authority Vote Clears Way for Dulles Rail Project to Move Forward
Protest Over Dulles Rail Dispute (photo by Martin Di Caro/WAMU)(Washington, DC -- WAMU) The next phase of the Dulles Rail project will not give preference to construction contractors who promise to...
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Political Pressure Kills Labor Provision in Rail-to-Dulles Silver Line
Listen to the audio version of this story at WAMU(Washington, D.C. -- WAMU) The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority voted 11-1 to drop a pro-labor provision from the rail-to-Dulles project.The...
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Council on Foreign Relations Also Doesn't Like US Infrastructure
It's not news that U.S. infrastructure is falling behind -- we've reported on this many times before. But it kind of caught our eye that the Council on Foreign Relations -- a New York-based think tank...
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Silver Line Vote Tuesday Could Stunt Rail-to-Dulles Plan
(Washington, D.C. -- WAMU) The Silver Line project is a 23-mile, $5.5 billion rail link to connect Washington, D.C to Dulles International Airport and beyond into the Loudoun County, Virginia suburbs....
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UPDATE: Calif. High-Speed Rail Barely Survives Do or Die Vote -- A Primer
A rendering of a California bullet train (image courtesy of the California High-Speed Rail Authority)UPDATE: 7/6/2012 4:05 p.m. PTBy a narrow margin the California State Senate authorizes funding for...
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Truckers Start Campaign Against I-95 Tolls
(Matt McCleskey, Washington, D.C. -- WAMU) The trucking industry is urging Virginia to abandon its plan to charge tolls on Interstate 95, launching a campaign called "Say NO to I-95 Tolls."The goal of...
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Explainer: What Happens Now With California's Bullet Train
The bullet train may be back on track. Earlier this month the California legislature narrowly approved $8 billion dollars in bond money to start construction of the high-speed rail system connecting...
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U.S.Senators: Port Authority Exec Was "Argumentative," Lacked "Civility and...
The George Washington Bridge (photo by Kate Hinds)The conflict between New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is escalating -- and now another U.S....
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Atlanta Tax for Transit Plan Loses by Big Margin
Atlanta (photo by J.C. Burns via Flickr) A measure that would have hiked Atlanta's sales tax by a penny per dollar to fund $7 billion in roads and transit failed badly Tuesday, by a margin of 63 to 37,...
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Sandy Adams Takes on "Rock of Gibraltar" Mica in Battle for US House Seat
John Mica and supporters (photo by Matthew Peddie)The chair of the House Transportation Committee finds himself in a scrappy fight for re-election, but he's standing his ground and turning to mobility...
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Analysis: Picking Ryan Means Picking Fight on Transportation
Congressman Paul Ryan speaks at a Romney Rally in Manassas, Virginia, Sunday. (Photo by Flickr user monkeyz_uncle)“Sharp” is a word you may have heard a lot these past few days. It’s a favorite...
View ArticleFreight Carrier's Ad Campaign Aims To Make Infrastructure A Hot Topic During...
One of the largest freight carriers in the country is riding into the presidential election with a nationwide television advertising campaign designed to spark debate about...
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Florida Congressman Mica Triumphs over Adams in "Most Negative Campaign Ever"
John Mica on primary night (photo by Matthew Peddie)Veteran Florida congressman John Mica, the chairman of the House transportation committee, successfully fought off challenger Sandy Adams in...
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Pending Budget Cuts Could Hit FAA Hard
An air traffic control tower at LaGuardia AirportWhile the concern over the possibility of steep federal budget cuts in January mostly focuses on the Washington metropolitan region’s defense...
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Obama Tells States "Use It or Lose It" for $470 Million in Transpo Money...
States will lose out on millions of dollars in federal highway money if they sit on the cash without putting it to immediate use, the White House said in a statement today.The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleDukakis To Transportation Nation: You Were "Dead Wrong" on Romney and...
If given a forum, former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis (and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee) can dish out some sharp criticism of Mitt Romney's infrastructure record. He calls it...
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BREAKING: NY State Court Overturns Tax That Supports NY MTA
In response to a lawsuit filed by seven suburban county governments, a New York State judge ruled Wednesday that a payroll tax suburbanites pay for the NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority is...
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7 Years After Katrina Washed it Away, Mayors, Amtrak Considering Gulf Coast...
A 2009 Amtrak plan suggests three option s for restoring gulf coast service from New Orleans to Florida.In 2005, there weren't many passenger trains rolling from Florida to New Orleans -- just three a...
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White House Finalizes "Historic" 54.5 MPG Fuel Standard in Strategically...
Cars and light trucks will have to deliver an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 according to new fuel economy standards finalized by the Obama administration today.The White House issued the...
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