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...
14 April 2014
Today, we began our "Invest in America, Commit to the Future" Bus Tour. Over the next 5 days, we'll visit 8 states. In Ohio, we started in Columbus where the region and state are building an East-West Connector. We later saw a great highway &...
15 April 2014
We stopped in Louisville this morning – 37 degrees & I had no coat! But the backdrop of the Ohio River Bridge project, a $2+ billion investment is astounding. DOT put in about $1 billion – and the project has been on the planning books...
Highlights Project’s Economic Impact as part of Invest in America Bus Tour
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today visited construction of the future site of the Birmingham Intermodal Facility, as part his Invest in America, Commit to the...
Highlights Project’s Economic Impact as part of Invest in America Bus Tour
ATLANTA – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today joined Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to tour the east side of the Atlanta BeltLine, calling it an example of the sort of large-scale job creation...
Highlights Need for Improved Safety, Capacity as part of Invest in America Bus Tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined state and local officials at the Charlotte Avenue Bridge today as part of his Invest in America, Commit to the Future bus...