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Could A New Interstate North of Houston Help Alleviate The City’s Traffic Issues?

Proposed I-14 would run from Augusta, Georgia to west Texas, passing through Huntsville north of Houston. In central Texas, a portion of U.S. 190 near Killeen has been designated as Interstate 14. But the Youth Infrastructure Coalition would like to see a complete I-14 corridor from eastern Georgia to west Texas. Under their proposal, I-14 would create an alternate east-west highway that would be located midway between I-10 and I-20. The coalition’s founder is Frank Lumpkin,

House, Senate Reconcile Bills On Water Infrastructure Legislation

The House of Representative’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee successfully reconciled their respective bills on water resources infrastructure spending to craft the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. The full House approved the legislation Thursday afternoon, Sept. 13, by a vote of 377-20 and sending it on to the Senate for consideration. In a joint announcement made on Sept. 10, the House and Senate

High-speed rail in America: Tracks to the future

Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute at San José State University, explores the benefits that high-speed rail will bring to America and how it will play a vital role in future mobility, especially as the country’s population continues to grow. “We must find ways to move more people, to move these people faster, and to move them with greater comfort and with more safety,” were the words spoken by President Lyndon B. Johnson when he signed

Top 10 states with the best infrastructure in America

How bad are America’s roads, bridges, ports and utilities? Pretty bad. That's why the American Society of Civil Engineers has given the United States a D + grade for its infrastructure in its most recent report on the state of American infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates it could cost as much as $1 trillion just to bring the current interstate and highways system in the United States up to date. President Donald Trump has made fixing America's agin

Domino's introduces 'Paving for Pizza' infrastructure effort

Domino's Pizza on Monday announced a new initiative that will allow consumers to submit their town for potential grants to fix potholes. The project, called "Paving for Pizza," will allow individuals to nominate their town on a website by ZIP code. "Have you ever hit a pothole and instantly cringed? We know that feeling is heightened when you're bringing home a carryout order from your local Domino's store,” Domino's USA President Russell Weiner said in a statement. “We don't

Sen. Susan Collins Says ‘It’s Hard to See’ Comprehensive Infrastructure Bill This Year

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s top transportation funding leader expressed pessimism over whether her chamber would advance a long-term infrastructure measure this year, a sentiment shared by the Trump White House. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) emphasized that transportation funding bills the Senate considered last year, as well as this year, are “down payments on the infrastructure reform that the administration has advanced.” “And, but, whether there will be a comprehensive infra

FHWA Repeals GHG Highway Performance Measure

The Federal Highway Administration is formally repealing a final rule that added tailpipe carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions measurement requirements to highway performance assessments. Known as the "greenhouse gas" or "GHG" measure, the rule would have mandated state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to measure the percent change in CO2 emissions as part of assessments required by the National Highway Performance Program. FHWA said repealing t

Tariffs Threaten to Push Highway Project Costs Higher

The Trump administration's long-threatened imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union went into effect at midnight on May 31 – a move that is hiking construction costs for state departments of transportation across the country, especially for steel-intensive bridge projects, while also potentially forcing a redirection of funds away from future endeavors. "The reality is we have a fixed source of federal funding, so as our

APTA Study: Poor Transit Infrastructure Leads to Negative Economic Effects

A report crafted for the American Public Transportation Association claims that "modernization deficiencies" within U.S. public transit infrastructure results in a loss of $340 billion work of business revenue over a six-year period -- reducing the gross national product by $180 billion, a figure that includes a loss of $109 billion in household income, with a reduction in 162,000 jobs over the same time frame. The study – called The Economic Cost of Failing to Modernize Publ

Supply Chain Panelists Call for More Infrastructure Investment

At the 6th annual Global Supply Chain Summit hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on May 22, a variety of speakers – from a city mayor to a construction company and a railroad executive – highlighted the need for better transportation infrastructure and funding in order to improve U.S. supply chain operations, which would in time bolster U.S. economic competitiveness. "We have to look to the future as to how we fund our infrastructure – and I don't think it will be via the