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Highlights Project’s Potential Economic Impact as part of Invest in America Bus Tour
GARLAND, Texas -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx visited the proposed I-635 LBJ Freeway East improvement project near Dallas today as part of his Invest in America, Commit to the...
FMCSA Initiates Rulemaking Process to Update the Financial Responsibility of Commercial Carriers and Better Protect the Public. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has reported to Congress that current financial responsibility minimums for the commercial motor vehicle industry...
17 April 2014
Tallulah, Louisiana, one of the poorest regions in America has a vision & a "to-do" list. Theyu want improved bridges, roads (that don't flood when it rains) and passenger rail. We should expand the reach of transportation into rural corners of America...
18 April 2014
We finished our trip today in Dallas – by press conference overlooking the LBJ East project – a project that's been on the books for years but lacks the $1.5 billion needed to finish it. We highlighted – once again in this fast-growing city...
17 April 2014
Jackson, Mississippi is a fascinating place – an urban city tucked in a rural state with great need for transportation investment. Congressman Bennie Thompson pulled together a roundtable for us – and we heard a lot – concerns about MPOs,...
Highlights Project’s Economic Impact as part of Invest in America Bus Tour
SHREVEPORT, La. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today joined state and local officials at the “Segment K” I-49 extension project as part of his Invest in America, Commit to the Future bus...
February 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Up 0.4 Percent from February 2013
16 April 2014
Atlanta! Fast-growing Southern city with a visionary mayor. We saw the Atlanta BeltLine, a project that is transforming the definition of beltways. Today, it is a bike/ped trail following alongside the city's inner loop. But they're preserving...
16 April 2014
Sweet Home Alabama!
We made three stops in Alabama today – Anniston where we missed Jennifer but found the NABI bus plant where they build electric & CNG buses for transit systems all over America. Next, Birmingham, where we saw a new intermodal...
15 April 2014
When we talk about crumbling infrastructure, there are real examples all across America. In Nashville, we saw bridges carrying 130,000 cars a day that are shedding concrete in clumps & threatening unsuspecting drivers underneath. They've now got a plan...