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Infrastructure
Lawmaker: Use Postal Service to test vehicle-miles-traveled fee
Congressman Sam Graves proposes using the Postal Service to test a new bridge and highway funding effort.
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Infrastructure
Pete Buttigieg confirmed as DOT secretary
Pete Buttigieg wants to push through an infrastructure package that links highway funding to electric vehicles and climate policy.
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Infrastructure
Buttigieg: Raising gas tax ‘on the table’ to pay for infrastructure
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on infrastructure, trucking regulations and the Jones Act during a three-hour nomination hearing.
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Trucking Regulation
ATA sees independent contractor battle moving to national platform
Spear says the ATA is spending $2 million to litigate Rhode Island truck tolling.
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Infrastructure
House lawmakers approve $13.6B lifeline for Highway Trust Fund
Credit agency raises flag on long-term funding issues.
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Trucking Regulation
User fee study reveals cost penalty for fuel-efficient trucks
“Key differences” also found between ELDs and calculating mileage-based user fees.
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Infrastructure
Freight helping major toll highways weather pandemic
Pennsylvania Turnpike cites surge in e-commerce as a factor.
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Legal issues
Presidential contender Delaney proposes raising the gas tax
$2 trillion infrastructure plan would boost Highway Trust Fund to $850 billion
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Economics
Trump’s leaked infrastructure plan seeks to commercialize rest stop and travel industry
The “leaked” plan calls for liberalizing tolling policy and allowing states to commercialize interstate rest areas, among other things, as a means of funding infrastructure.
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