Highway Trust Fund
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Infrastructure
Trumka predicted passage of infrastructure bill in coming months
Richard Trumka insisted that the economy depends on getting an infrastructure bill passed.
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News
Biden sends federal motor fuels tax packing, Washington insider says
The president won’t consider raising fuel taxes to pay for highway and road spending, effectively killing the 65-year-old program, Mullett claims.
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Federal Highway Administration supports US road system
The Federal Highway Administration's predecessors go back to before cars and trucks... read a profile of its history.
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Infographics
Daily Infographic: How does the Highway Trust Fund work?
The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is a central piece of a multiyear surface transportation reauthorization bill that Congress is negotiating to replace the Fixing America’s…
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AskWaves
How does the Highway Trust Fund work?
Congress is considering several options to keep the Highway Trust Fund afloat.
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Infrastructure
Senate examines vehicle miles traveled tax
At a recent hearing, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard loud and clear that the trucking industry should not serve as the guinea…
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Trucking Regulation
Road-user fee advocates warn Congress: Give truckers priority
Experts warned lawmakers of industry backlash if trucking is singled out to save the nearly bankrupt highway trust fund
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Trucking Regulation
ATRI puts $20B price tag on vehicle-miles-traveled tax
An American Transportation Research Institute study finds the cost to deploy and collect a vehicle-miles-traveled tax would be 300 times more than the current fuel…
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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
Infrastructure funding merry-go-round
TCA advocates for an increase to the federal fuel tax to make up for funding shortfalls, but also recognizes that a vehicle miles tax is…
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