Tag: transportation funding

July 17, 2023

The transportation funding committee in the U.S. House of Representatives will consider a fiscal 2024 transportation bill July 18. The bill, which would dedicate $90.2 billion for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, was advanced by a […]

July 7, 2022

Legislation that would ensure funding for operations at the U.S. Department of Transportation in fiscal 2023 has been cleared for a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill’s likely floor consideration this month follows its […]

October 1, 2021

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio told fellow Democrats that the House may pass a 30-day reauthorization for highway funding, a signal that the Democrats aren’t likely to immediately move ahead with a vote on infrastructure legislation. Authorization […]

August 3, 2021

The Pennsylvania Transportation Revenue Options Commission (TROC) recently submitted a report to Gov. Tom Wolf and the General Assembly on transportation funding options. The commission, which Wolf established in March under an executive order, was tasked with developing comprehensive funding […]

August 10, 2020

Talks on a new round of Covid-19 aid have fallen apart on Capitol Hill, meaning that fresh financial assistance for struggling transportation industries looks less likely by the day. That includes airlines, which have warned that they may need to […]

July 27, 2020

Congress will be put to the test this week, with the Senate plugging away on a next coronavirus bill and the House aiming to finish its appropriations process. In the upper chamber: Negotiations are dragging on between Senate Republicans and […]

March 2, 2020

BOSTON — Fees for ride-hailing services and a 5-cents-per-gallon hike in the state’s gas tax are the heart of a plan floated by Democrats in the House of Representatives to pay for upgrades to roads, bridges and public transit. House […]

November 22, 2019

Leading Democratic lawmakers in the Connecticut House of Representatives have responded to Gov. Ned Lamont’s transportation investment plan with a proposal to toll only trucks. Lamont’s transportation plan, titled CT2030 and presented Nov. 7, outlines $14 billion in investment for […]

July 18, 2018

Despite his lame-duck status, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is ordering a $10 million study on placing electronic tolls on the state’s highways and finding ways to fund needed transportation improvements. “As Connecticut’s General Assembly and next governor consider how […]

July 11, 2017

The Oregon House approved a $5.3 billion transportation funding package designed to target congestion, public transportation, crumbling roads, and decaying bridges by a 39 to 20 vote, KGW-TV reports. The bill includes money for cities and counties to upgrade their roads, big […]