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LaHood Cites “Tremendous Need for Infrastructure Support” (AASHTO Journal)

LaHood Cites “Tremendous Need for Infrastructure Support”  (AASHTO Journal)

Noting that a $1.5 billion discretionary grant program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act drew 1,380 applications totaling nearly $57 billion in requests, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testified Thursday that the response demonstrates “a tremendous need” for infrastructure investment.LaHood appeared at an oversight hearing […]

2017-05-24T08:56:36+00:00October 6th, 2009|
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Greenville Crime Summit Highlights Use of High-Tech Tools to Fight Crime

 Greenville Crime Summit Highlights Use of High-Tech Tools to Fight Crime

The Greenville City Council used many of the technological tools at its disposal Wednesday evening to present an interactive crime summit to city and county residents.

About 150 people gathered at the council chambers to participate in a lively panel discussion featuring local law enforcement and […]

2017-05-24T08:56:36+00:00October 6th, 2009|
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Fill-in Judges to be Paid Again (Winston-Salem Journal)

State reinstates pay for emergency work (Winston-Salem Journal)

Judges who fill in for their colleagues will now be getting paid again for their services.

The director of Administrative Office of the Courts suspended pay for emergency judges in April after the General Assembly cut the department’s budget by 6 percent.

Retired judges had agreed to volunteer after payment […]

2009-10-06T09:36:50+00:00October 6th, 2009|
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Transportation Policies Have Miles to Go and Not Much Time (Washington Post)

Transportation Policies Have Miles to Go and Not Much Time (Washington Post)

October 3, 2009 “Darn — delayed by yet another stimulus-funded road construction project.” This thought, which recurs while I’m driving, provokes another: “Will all these widely dispersed road construction projects add up to something that improves mobility in the decades to come?”

If transportation planning […]

2017-05-24T08:56:36+00:00October 6th, 2009|
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N.C. applies for $5B from feds for high-speed rail (AP)

N.C. applies for $5B from feds for high-speed rail (AP)

North Carolina has applied to the federal government for more than $5 billion to improve rail service between Charlotte and Washington.

Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Friday state officials had applied for the second round of federal stimulus funds for four high-speed rail projects. The recovery law had […]

2009-10-06T09:02:57+00:00October 6th, 2009|
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$8.7 BILLION HIGHWAY RESCISSION TAKES EFFECT (TRANSPORTATION WEEKLY)

$8.7 BILLION HIGHWAY RESCISSION TAKES EFFECT (TRANSPORTATION WEEKLY)

Last night, after the Senate failed to pass legislation to the contrary (which would have died in the House in any case), the long-scheduled $8.708 billion rescission of highway contract authority balances held by states took effect pursuant to section 10212 of the 2005 SAFETEA-LU law.

The

2017-05-24T08:56:36+00:00October 1st, 2009|
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17 Contracts Totaling More Than $65 Million Awarded for Highway, Ferry Projects Across North Carolina (Press Release)

17 Contracts Totaling More Than $65 Million Awarded for Highway, Ferry Projects Across North Carolina

RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that 17 contracts totaling $65.2 million have been awarded for highway, bridge and ferry projects across North Carolina, including eight projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The N.C. Department of Transportation […]

2009-10-01T15:26:40+00:00October 1st, 2009|
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What Comes Next for Our Metro Nation: The New Forces Driving Regionalism by Bruce Katz

What Comes Next for Our Metro Nation: The New Forces Driving Regionalism

Cities, Community Development, Economic Development, Regions and States

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Thank you for the invitation to speak today. It is a pleasure to return to Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota.

And I think now is a particularly good […]

2017-05-24T08:56:36+00:00October 1st, 2009|
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GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money (DC.Streetsblog.org)

GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money (DC.Streetsblog.org)

A bipartisan bid to extend existing federal transportation law for three months — and tap the TARP bailout fund to avert the cancellation of $8.7 billion in contract authority — was rejected on the Senate floor last night after GOP senators insisted […]

2017-05-24T08:56:36+00:00October 1st, 2009|
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