Innovation Brief: Needed: A Fresh Approach to Funding America’s Infrastructure (2/13/15)

Presented at the Congressional Staff Briefing sponsored by the Republican Study Committee, February 13, 2015 As the deadline for reauthorizing the federal surface transportation program draws nearer,  the Obama Administration’s proposal to renew...

Consumers United for Rail Equity Names Transportation Advocate Ann Warner To Serve As Interim Executive Director

CURE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RELEASE

Freight Group Names New Interim Head

RAIL: Freight group names new interim head  Sean Reilly, E&E reporter Published: Monday, January 19, 2015 As it pushes for tougher regulatory oversight of freight rail rates, Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE)...

Innovation Brief: The Gas Tax and Some Fresh Thoughts on How to Pay For Transportation (1/14)

The Gas Tax and Some Fresh Thoughts on How to Pay For Transportation    With gasoline prices at a five year low, isn’t this the perfect time to raise the federal gas tax? A growing...

Innovation Brief: Rethinking Transportation Funding (12/9)

Rethinking Transportation Funding   Has the time come to reconsider the way we pay for transportation? Should the Highway Trust Fund and its fuel tax revenue continue as the main source of funds for the federal...

Innovation Brief: Transportation Policy and Funding in the Post-Election Climate (11/6)

Innovation Brief: Transportation Policy and Funding in the Post-Election Climate The mid-term elections have put an end to any lingering hope of passing a long-term  transportation bill during the congressional lame duck session. Such hope was recently...

Innovation Brief: The Changing Nature of State-Federal Relations in Transportation

Excerpted from remarks by Ken Orski at the Legislative/Fiscal Plenary Luncheon, Council of Governments’ Southern Legislative Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, July 27, 2014 (Ed. note: On July 31, Congress approved a $10.8...

Innovation Brief: 12 U.S. DOT Secretaries Speak, But Won’t Agree on a “Fix”

We reprint below a commentary by Gary Hoitsma, respected veteran editor of “The Washington Letter on Transportation” a publication of the Carmen Group (www.washingtonletter.com, July 21, 2014). The author comments on an...

Innovation Brief: As the Highway Trust Fund Runs Low on Cash, States Come to the Rescue with Creative Funding Initiatives

As the Highway Trust Fund Runs Low on Cash, States Come to the Rescue with Creative Funding Initiatives ________________________________________ With federal transportation spending outpacing tax receipts by some $1.25 billion/month, the cash...

Innovation NewsBriefs- Rethinking the way transportation infrastructure is funded

States are taking matters into their own hands It may come as a surprise to you, but there is a quiet revolution in transportation funding underway these days. Faced with a depleted...