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Devolving Surface Transportation Infrastructure Responsibilities to the States: What's Past is Prologue

October 25, 2014

October 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY ERIC PETERSON Transportation Consultant During the 1919 transcontinental convoy, west of Grand Island, Nebraska, soldiers use a winch to...

RAISE USER FEES: The Road to Good Highway Policy

October 25, 2014

October 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY TOM McNAMARA Transportation Consultant, and former UDOT policy staff, OST Good highway policy is difficult to achieve. Nonetheless, it...

Federal funding for highways is stagnant and the Federal Aid Highway Program (FAHP) appears to be “shrinking by default.” Transportation infrastructure is not a top 10 public polling issue. Highway conditions have improved and there is little “inside the beltway” dialogue on transportation infrastructure. Meanwhile, popular discussion of mobility is more focused on new vehicle technology than on highway infrastructure.

October 25, 2014

October 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY STEVE LOCKWOOD Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff A New Context for the FAHP? In the absence of Congressional action,...

Improving Transportation Performance: Time to Focus on Operations

September 25, 2014

Congress has been able to accomplish very little this year, but one thing they agreed they needed to do was...

Tolling in Japan: Should the U.S. Follow Its Lead?

August 25, 2014

August 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY MICAH HIMMEL Research Director, Japan International Transport Institute, USA Toll roads serve an important role in ensuring regional and...

Tolling in Japan: Should the U.S. Follow Its Lead?

August 25, 2014

August 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

Superstorm Sandy: Adaptation and Resilience in the Tolling Industry

July 25, 2014

July 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY PATRICK D. JONES Executive Director & CEO, International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike...

Infrastructure in the United States: The Dangers of Living Below Our Means

July 25, 2014

July 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY LESLIE BLAKEY President & Executive Director, Coalition for America's Gateways & Trade Corridors Infrastructure was at the heart of...

Countdown to Mainstreaming of Self-Driving Vehicles

May 25, 2014

May 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY EVA LERNER-LAM President, Palisades Consulting Group, Inc. There is a lot of excitement today about the concept of so-called...

The Road From SAFETEA-LU to GROW AMERICA

May 25, 2014

May 25, 2014 | Emil Frankel

Last week we saw the first Administration-authored, publicly released surface transportation bill since 2003. In examining the arc of national...

Federal Prohibitions on Toll Roads, How They Got There, and How the GROW AMERICA Act Proposes to Change Them

May 6, 2014

May 6, 2014 | Jeff Davis

Let’s just say that Congress has been having this debate for a really long time. The first law providing federal...

America's Infrastructure Crisis Isn't Overstated

March 24, 2014

March 24, 2014 | Carter Templeton

BY BRIAN PALLASCH Managing Director of Government Relations and Infrastructure Initiatives American Society of Civil Engineers JANET KAVINOKY Executive Director...