Posts Tagged ‘highways’
Gas Tax ‘Off the Table’ as Highway Funding Option, Shuster Says
House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has ruled out higher fuel taxes or taxing miles traveled to pay for transportation, an announcement that narrows the options for a new road funding bill in 2015. “The president has ruled out a gas tax, I don’t think there’s a will in Congress and the American people…
Read MoreUSDOT proposes key freight highways
The U.S. Department of Transportation proposed a series of key highways to serve as a highway Primary Freight Network (PFN), as required by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The notice appeared in the Federal Register on November 19, 2013. “Freight movement is the lifeblood of the American economy,” said…
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