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How do you get there from here?

Posted on August 22, 2011

Fuel taxes are no longer a good way of funding the transportation system. With increasing fuel efficiency and new fuels powering transportation, the fuel tax as we know it is not sustainable. Two national commissions …

Posted in NewsTagged alternative fuels, fuel efficiency, fuel tax, funding, revenue, VMT

And in the same year that Eisenhower introduced the National Highway System

Posted on August 22, 2011

Time Magazine in 1955 gushed about toll roads: “EVERYBODY agrees that the U.S. needs more and better roads, but almost nobody agrees on how to pay for them. While the argument rages, Texas has gone …

Posted in NewsTagged funding, historical perspective, tolls, TX

Bookends on the highway era: A view at the start and a look back from today

Posted on July 14, 2011

Fortune magazine has republished a September 1958 article that takes stock of the Interstate construction boom, just then beginning. It’s a thorough and surprisingly prescient take, and one that reminds us that our highway system …

Posted in NewsTagged costs, funding, interstates, land use, rail, traffic

GM CEO: “We ought to just slap a dollar tax on a gallon of gas.”

Posted on July 14, 2011

“Well, it’s unanimous – everyone agrees the country needs a significant hike in the gas tax. Everyone outside of Congress, that is. Last week, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson told The Detroit News that a …

Posted in NewsTagged fuel efficiency, funding, gas tax, GM

Kansas Increases Funding for Railroad Loan/Grant Program

Posted on December 6, 2010

Recognizing the importance of rail service to industries and communities dependent on moving heavy, lower-value-per-ton goods, Kansas recently increased funding for its State Rail Service Improvement Fund (SRSIF) from $3 million to $5 million annually. …

Posted in NewsTagged air quality, economic development, freight, funding, KS, maintenance, rail

Voters approve smart transportation referenda

Posted on November 22, 2010

The Nov. 2 election dimmed the chance of a major new infusion of federal money for transportation.  But when voters were presented with local projects and plans, they usually said yes, even when it meant …

Posted in NewsTagged ballot measures, CFTE, elections, funding, states
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