From the article:
“Bushell explained that the state needs to be awarding at least $6 billion a year in new construction contracts to maintain highways and address congestion in a minimally acceptable way.
‘You can’t drop from $7 billion a year in contract lettings down to $2.4 billion in a matter of a few years without doing really serious damage to the infrastructure that builds and maintains our roads,’ he said.”
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From the article:
“Some experts say the quickest and easiest thing to do is to simply index the 18.4-cent gasoline tax—which hasn’t changed since 1993—to inflation…[o]thers believe the gasoline tax is obsolete and needs to be replaced with an alternative source offunding.”
Read and decide.
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From the ARTBA E-mail Newsletter, announcing the release of their report:
“However, the failure of the administration to recommend a realistic source of funds to support its investmentproposals suggests that, beyond fundingfor the core transportation investmentprograms, the President’s transportation budget requests will run into resistance in Congress.”
A link to the ARTBA Report is here.
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From the article:
“The problem is thateducation alone rarely leads to behavioral change, they say, and the legislation in effect cannot be stringently enforced.”
Our thoughts exactly.
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From the article:
“Since legislation banning handheld device usage while driving kick in in January 2010, BC police have issued 105,972 tickets for use of handheld electronic devices.”
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From the article:
“If the Legislature does not find (road) money, this state will have massive transportation gridlock,” Phillips said.
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From the article:
“This plan just makes sense as we continue Ohio’s economic resurgence, grow jobs and make our state prosperous once again,” [Ohio Governor John] Kasich said.
NB: this is a press release.
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From the article:
“Communities have until Dec. 31 to inventory town streets, sidewalks, buildings, properties and parks; develop a plan and budget to remove barriers; and implement a review process to monitor progress in removing those barriers.”
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From the article:
“We need to identify a long-term, predictable revenue source so (TxDOT) can actually plan. If you want the most efficient way to do it, that’s what you’ll do.”
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