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House approves short-term extensions

September 13, 2011 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

This afternoon the House of Representatives passed legislation which will extend Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and surface transportation programs at current funding levels while Congress continues to work on long-term reauthorizations. The legislation is titled, “Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011” (H.R....

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Tags: infrastructure, transportation

Senate EPW approves transportation extension

September 8, 2011 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved, by a unanimous vote, a draft bill that would extend federal surface transportation programs through January 31, 2012. The legislation would be a clean extension of surface transportation programs and allows the Committee time to continue work...

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Tags: economics, infrastructure, transportation

"Earthicane" hits East coast

August 31, 2011 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

  In the wake of an earthquake and Hurricane Irene pummeling the East coast, there is now a spotlight on infrastructure. Thousands of bridges and roads needed to be inspected to make sure that they were safe for use. The graphic shows the grades from...

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Falling Apart & Falling Behind

August 11, 2011 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Building America’s Future (BAF) unveiled their own study on transportation infrastructure titled, Falling Apart and Falling Behind, which highlights how crumbling transportation system makes the nation less competitive. Falling Apart and Falling Behind findings fit with the results of ASCE’s recent Failure to Act: The...

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Tags: economics, infrastructure, infrastructure report card, transportation

FAA Update

August 5, 2011 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

On Thursday the House and Senate reached an agreement on a new FAA extension. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced a bipartisan deal to reopen the FAA and restore the government’s authority to collect airline excise taxes and fund airport construction. The agreement was the result...

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Leaving on a Jet Plane: The Plight of FAA

August 4, 2011 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

In the rush of the debt ceiling debate over the last few weeks, Congress failed to address a Federal Administration (FAA) program which has left thousands of FAA workers out of work. Members of Congress (ironically) left on flights out of Washington, DC for the...

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Tags: infrastructure, transportation