Payroll tax plan gets cool reception in Durham (News and Observer)
DURHAM The notion of a payroll tax on people who work in Durham County but live elsewhere got a cool reception this morning from Durham County’s delegation to the state legislature.
“Why do you want to put that on us?” said state Rep. Mickey Michaux, the […]
Charlotte’s smog rank improves (Charlotte Observer)
But the city’s levels remain among the nation’s highest, according to the American Lung Association’s list.
Metro Charlotte improved two notches but still ranks among the nation’s handful of smoggiest cities, the American Lung Association said Tuesday in its annual rankings.
The group’s 2010 “State of the Air” report ranks the Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury […]
Innovative Financing Is No Substitute for New Funding (Innovation Briefs)
Hoping to sustain interest in the Committee’s efforts to enact a new multi-year transportation bill during this session of Congress, Reps. James Oberstar (D-MN) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR), leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, convened a hearing on April 14 to explore innovative ways […]
What we know about bike infrastructure: people want it (Fast Lane Blog by USDOT Sec. LaHood)
We know that 90 percent of the people are not going to be cycling to work or around town. But that opportunity and that kind of alternative is something people have said they want.
They said it in a recent study […]
Ga. transportation deal seen as basis of solutions (BusinessWeek)
Some state and local officials see a sweeping solution to metro Atlanta’s gridlock woes in the transportation bill approved this week by the Georgia Legislature, calling it a watershed development that will secure the state’s position as the South’s economic engine.
But the money won’t arrive until three […]
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Prospect for new Yadkin River bridge looks promising (Davidson County Dispatch)
North Carolina’s transportation heavyweights gathered Thursday at Davidson County Community College to talk about highways, infrastructure and more.
Members of the state’s Logistics Task Force heard from a representative of FedEx who outlined the company’s new state-of-the-art facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport and listened […]
New plan surfaces for I-85 bridge (Salisbury Post)
In her proposed budget for the next fiscal year, Gov. Bev Perdue provides a new way to fund the widening of Interstate 85 around the Yadkin River Bridge.
Perdue’s proposed $19.1 billion budget allocates $94.6 million for the creation of a new transportation fund.
The recurring N.C. Mobility Fund […]
House, Senate pass transportation bill (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Breaking a legislative traffic jam that has endured for more than three years, the Georgia General Assembly on Wednesday voted to allow referendums throughout the state on transportation funding.
Taking to the well for the first time this session, Speaker David Ralston in a rousing speech led the Georgia […]
Nearly $50 billion in highway funds available to states (The Hill)
Nearly $50 billion in federal funds is available to states for the spring and summer construction season through a new law, the Transportation Department announced Wednesday.
The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HIRE) extends funding authority for surface transportation programs through the end of […]
