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Article Date November 28, 2013
from The Wall Street Journal
Rush-hour drivers in congested U.S. cities are increasingly facing a stark choice: stay stuck in traffic or pay to get in the fast lane.
Special express toll lanes are being added to highways and can only be used if drivers pony up. With High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes, carpoolers, who drive for free, are joined by drivers who pay if they don't have the requisite number of passengers.
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Article Date November 20, 2013
from Los Angeles Times
A plan to add toll lanes to 14 miles of the 405 Freeway from Long Beach to Costa Mesa is facing widespread opposition from officials and residents. The political shift has several causes.
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Article Date November 18, 2013
from San Diego Union-Tribune
One of California’s leading transportation advocates announced plans in San Diego on Monday for a possible state tax measure that, if approved by voters, would raise $3 billion annually to fix the Golden State’s deteriorating roads, highways and bridges.
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Article Date November 15, 2013
from The Hill
A bill filed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) would gradually eliminate federal funding of transportation projects. The measure, which has been dubbed the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA), would lower the gas tax that currently pays for most federal transportation projects from 18.4 cents-per-gallon to 3.7 cents in five years. During the same time period, the bill would transfer authority over federal highways and transit programs to states and replace current congressional appropriations with block grants.
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Article Date November 14, 2013
from The Hill
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) are reviving a push to create a national infrastructure funding bank in a new bill he unveiled on Thursday. Warner and Blunt's bill would create a "infrastructure financing authority" that would receive $10 billion in initial funding, his office said. The infrastructure funding would be used as leverage to lure private sector investments that could reap as much as $300 billion in new transportation projects, according to Warner's office. The measure has been dubbed the Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act.
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