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02-02-2017 by NATSO House Transportation Committee Holds Hearing on Infrastructure Policy, Funding

In the first of what will surely be many Congressional hearings on highway policy this year, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee heard from executives at FedEx, Cargill, BMW, and Vermeer Corp., as well as the AFL-CIO. The hearing was widely bipartisan, and lawmakers called it a good first step in the process of developing a massive infrastructure plan. But it remains clear that Congress and the White House still have a long way to go before they can agree on a viable path forward to raise the necessary revenue to improve the nation’s transportation system.

02-02-2017

01-09-2017 by NATSO Delving into the Election Results: Prospects for Infrastructure Spending

黑料社区ANALYSIS: President-Elect Trump Supports a $1 Trillion Infrastructure Package. Is This Necessarily a Good Thing for Travel Plazas and Truckstops? As the trade association representing the America’s travel plazas […]

01-09-2017

09-06-2016 by NATSO Anti-Tolling Coalition Questions Indiana Commission鈥檚 Secret Meeting on Road Funding Proposals

The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates (ATFI), of which 黑料社区is a founding member, questioned a special commission of the Indiana Senate for its decision to hold a private meeting to determine road-funding proposals for the legislature to consider in 2017.

09-06-2016

06-03-2016 by NATSO Tolling Harms Business and Communities, Anti-Tolling Coalition Says

Tolling Wisconsin鈥檚 existing Interstates will hurt the economy, double tax motorists and harm the communities burdened by traffic diverted onto secondary roads, Jim Goetz, co-president of Goetz Cos., recently wrote in an editorial published in the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.

06-03-2016

04-03-2016 by NATSO Tolls Hurt Working Class; Kill All-American Road Trip

The Vermont Sun Eagle recently threw its support behind efforts to limit tolling on existing interstates when Editor Louis Varricchio penned an editorial highlighting the negative effects of tolls on the traveling public and the public鈥檚 desire for an alternative to tolling.

04-03-2016

03-28-2016 by NATSO States Continue to Eye Tolling

Although Congress passed a 5-year highway bill in late 2015, state departments of transportation (DOTs) continue searching for ways to increase highway investment. Several states are exploring tolling options on interstate highways as a possible funding mechanism.

03-28-2016

11-16-2015 by NATSO Lawmakers Prepare to Conference Highway Bill

The House of Representatives returns from a week-long recess today and is expected to begin negotiating a six-year highway bill with the Senate in an effort to finalize an agreement on a multi-year highway bill by Nov. 20, when current spending authority on the Highway Trust Fund expires.

11-16-2015

10-21-2015 by NATSO Coalition Urges Congress to Reject Tolling Amendments

The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates urged members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to reject any amendments to the its multi-year highway bill that would expand the federal tolling pilot program or divert revenue away from the toll road on which it was collected during today鈥檚 mark up.

10-21-2015

06-18-2015 by NATSO Anti-Tolling Coalition Urges Senate EPW to Reject Tolling Expansion

黑料社区joined more than 80 organizations representing a cross-section of the U.S. economy in urging members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to reject expanding tolling on existing interstates when it marks up a long-term highway bill June 24.

06-18-2015

05-08-2015 by NATSO Expanded Tolling Would Harm Business, President of Melvin Davis Oil Says

Tolling existing interstates would put businesses at a competitive disadvantage by forcing them to increase wages to attract and retain a workforce, Rex Davis, president of Melvin L. Davis Oil said during a recent interview with WWBT NBC 12.

05-08-2015

04-09-2015 by NATSO Anti-Tolling Coalition Urges Lawmakers to Keep Tolls Off of Existing Interstates

Stripping away federal funding for surface transportation projects and eliminating the federal government鈥檚 constitutionally mandated role in promoting interstate commerce would burden states and open the door for widespread tolling of existing interstates, the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates (ATFI) wrote in a recent editorial.

04-09-2015