Thousands of Bridges In ‘Urgent Need of Repairs’ Route Fifty » More than 47,000 of America’s bridges are in urgent need of repairs, slightly fewer than last year thanks largely to the federal government’s new definition of the term “structurally deficient,” according to a report by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The study uses the latest data available from federal government’s National Bridge Inventory Database. Michelle2019-04-18T08:45:40-08:00April 8th, 2019|Bridges, Fuel Tax, Reports|
VIDEO: Railing falls from bridge in Tennessee, 1 car heavily damaged KATU » The Tennessee Department of Transportation and local police reported a partial collapse of a barrier on a bridge over a roadway. Michelle2019-04-18T10:34:35-08:00April 1st, 2019|Bridges, Tennessee|
Genoa Bridge Collapse Throws Harsh Light on Benettons’ Highway Billions The New York Times » Long before the Morandi Bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, last year, killing 43 people, an economics professor named Marco Ponti took aim at the private company that managed the structure, raising two fundamental concerns. One was money. Mr. Ponti argued that Autostrade per l’Italia, or Highways for Italy, which managed the bridge and more than half of Italy’s 4,000 miles of toll roads, made “abnormal” profits. The other was the lopsided power balance between Autostrade and the Italian government. Mr. Ponti, who served on an expert panel advising the government, said ministries did too little to regulate the company. Taxpayers were being shorn “like flocks of sheep,” Mr. Ponti said in a newspaper interview in 2003. Michelle2019-04-18T12:01:05-08:00March 5th, 2019|Bridges, Italy, Public-Private Partnerships, Tolling|
What’s Colorado Proposition 110: Sales tax increase for transportation Denver Post » Proposition 110 would increase the state sales tax from 2.9 percent to 3.52 percent for the next 20 years to fund state and local transportation projects, including new roads, maintenance of existing roads and debt repayment. Revenue would go to the state (45 percent), local governments (40 percent) and multimodal transportation projects (15 percent). melodypecg2018-10-23T11:09:49-08:00October 12th, 2018|Bridges, Colorado, Highways, Roads, Uncategorized|
USDOT providing nearly $64B for transportation investments Transportation Today » The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will make available more than $63.9 billion in multimodal discretionary and formula transportation investments by the end of fiscal year 2018. DOT will also make available $1.6 billion in FY 2017 discretionary funds. melodypecg2018-10-22T13:50:21-08:00October 12th, 2018|Alternative Transit on Roads, Bridges, Funding, Highways, Roads, U.S. News|
Candidates for governor eye Georgia’s transportation needs Politically Georgia » The candidates for Georgia governor say more must be done to tackle traffic and improve transportation across the Peach State. But Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp offer different visions of what should be done and how to pay for it. melodypecg2018-10-23T10:08:44-08:00October 11th, 2018|Bridges, Georgia, Highways, Roads|
