by SRTC Staff | Jun 11, 2014 | Uncategorized |
How often do you hear someone say, “Please tax me more?” You don’t. That’s why when people say they’re willing to pay more for better transportation infrastructure, you know our system is in bad shape. Results from a new AAA study just...
by SRTC Staff | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Cancel Saturday mail delivery to pay for transportation?? That was part of a suggestion by House Republican leaders late last week to extend MAP-21, the federal transportation spending act, and fund the quickly-dwindling Highway Trust Fund. Don’t kiss your...
by SRTC Staff | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last Friday, the President signed the $1.86 trillion dollar “Omnibus Bill” into law. The Omnibus law is an appropriations package for fiscal year 2014 that establishes discretionary spending at $1.012 trillion and provides $98 billion for defense and...
by SRTC Staff | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
A House bill produced yesterday by Rep. Earl Blumenaur (D-Ore.) would raise the federal gas tax by 15 cents per gallon. That would raise the federal tax on gas to 33.4 cents per gallon and on diesel to 42.8 cents. The increased amount of money raised by...
by SRTC Staff | Oct 8, 2012 | Uncategorized |
As expected, there wasn’t mention of transportation issues in last week’s Presidential debate, so what are the candidate’s thoughts on the subject? We know, to a certain degree, where Obama stands as we’ve seen him in action the past four...