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February 12 2014

Featured in the January 31, 2014 Special Issue of the Washington Business Journal

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Our advertorial was recently featured in the current Special Issue of the Washington Business Journal about the Silver Line.

January 30 2014

Innovation NewsBriefs–California’s Bullet Train Hobbled by Fresh Legal, Fiscal and Political Uncertainties

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Barely recovered from the damaging effects of the Sacramento Court ruling denying the California High Speed Rail Authority access to Prop 1A bond funding, the bullet train project has had to face fresh...

December 20 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs-More Setbacks for California’s Embattled High Speed Rail Project

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Reps. Denham and Latham request a GAO review The Sacramento Court’s November 25 decision denying the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) access to Proposition 1A bond funds (see our column of November 26) was...

December 16 2013

APTA Interviews Ann Warner with Video

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APTA MEMBER PROFILE Read the Full Artcile with Video Meet Ann Warner! Ann Warner Managing Partner Ann Warner LLC Member, Authorization Task Force, BMBG Government Affairs, Legislative, Policy and Planning, and Public-Private Partnerships committees...

December 6 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs- A Setback for California’s High Speed Train

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December 5, 2013 A Major Setback for California’s High Speed Train The future of the California High Speed Rail project hangs in a precarious balance as a result of two rulings handed down...

September 13 2013

Innovation Briefs- Tolling the Interstate Highways

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September 13, 2013 Tolling the Interstate Highways Robert Poole, co-founder of the libertarian Reason Foundation and its Director of Transportation Policy has produced a study that is bound to create more than...

August 16 2013

Innovation Briefs-Are We Ignoring the Obvious Solution to the Transportation Funding Crisis?

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Are We Ignoring the Obvious Solution to the Transportation Funding Crisis? Congress adjourned for the summer with neither the House nor the Senate passing  Fiscal Year 2014 appropriations for transportation. The House bill ($44...

July 31 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs- Are We Ignoring the Obvious Solution to the Transportation Funding Crisis?

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Are We Ignoring the Obvious Solution to the Transportation Funding Crisis? The July 23 hearing on the Highway Trust Fund made it painfully clear that neither the government witnesses —U.S. DOT’s Undersecretary...

July 18 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs- Can-Do States

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July 24, 2013   “Can-Do” States The growing phenomenon of States making their transportation programs more fiscally independent Recently, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) called for a $5.5 billion emergency federal program “to fix the nation’s backlog...

July 18 2013

Innovation NewsBriefs- Eight Questions for Transportation Secretary Nominee Anthony Foxx

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May 22. 2013 Today,  the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Mayor Anthony Foxx, President Obama’s designated choice for the next United States Secretary of Transportation. Confronting Sec. Foxx...