As part of bicameral legislative deal to prevent a second partial federal government shutdown while providing monies to build a wall along parts of the southern U.S. border, a total of $26.5 billion in discretionary funds and $60 billion from Highway and Airport…
ARTBA Foundation Announces Key 2019 Scholarship, Awards & Recognition Program Deadlines
WASHINGTON - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has announced key deadlines…
House T&I Committee Hearing Focuses on Infrastructure Needs
A variety of surface transportation funding mechanisms were debated during an all-day informational hearing held by the House of Representatives Transportation…
House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Hears Pitch to Raise Gas Tax
By John Schneidawind, vice president of public affairs, ARTBA If the experience of newly elected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is any indication, campaigning on raising the gas tax isn’t political suicide. It’s a path to victory. Speaking Feb. 7 before a…
Panel Discussion: How Can We Improve U.S. Transportation Infrastructure?
Introduction The title question for this feature has been discussed and debated countless times by countless people and organizations in many formats. But a letter Informed Infrastructure received and published in its July/August 2018 issue sparked our own…
Ranking Member Graves: Future of Our Infrastructure Depends on Transformative Approach
Washington, D.C. - Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot Wait”:…
T&I Hearing Highlights Importance of Addressing Current & Future Needs of America’s Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. - Today’s first hearing in the 116th Congress of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee highlighted the importance of finding solutions to America’s infrastructure needs; solutions that include the safe integration of innovative…
EIB Approves EUR 4.8 Billion of Transport, Business, Urban and Energy Financing and Meets with Civil Society Organisations
EUR 2.3 billion of new financing for business investment across Europe and Africa EUR 1 billion for electric vehicles, upgrading international rail links and urban transport 120 NGO and civil society representatives joined the EIB to discuss EU Bank priorities…
Thirteen Steel Projects Win 2019 AISC IDEAS2 Awards
Drumroll please… Announcing the 2019 IDEAS2 winners, showcasing the best structural steel projects this year! The Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program is conducted annually by AISC, and is the highest…
ARTBA Foundation Seeks Nominations for Annual Industry Leader Development Program
Deadline: April 1 WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is accepting nominations for its 2019 Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP), a first-of-its-kind “101”…
