Sentences with phrase «increase federal highway»

The bill would increase federal highway funding by about 15 percent, and Rep. Brian Higgins said that will mean that the state will be able to begin long - overdue highway repairs in Buffalo and elsewhere.

I call on our local Congressional delegation to publicly reject this plan and increase federal highway aid to localities, not cut it.

Not exact matches

This amendment increases the «look back» period from 18 months to five years to both strengthen the penalty provisions to encourage compliance and bring State provisions into line with recent federal regulations to promote highway safety.

The report also highlights the potential slowing of transportation aid from the federal government in the current 2014 - 15 fiscal year as Congress balks at increasing the 18.4 cent excise tax on gasoline, the primary source for replenishing the Federal Highway Trusfederal government in the current 2014 - 15 fiscal year as Congress balks at increasing the 18.4 cent excise tax on gasoline, the primary source for replenishing the Federal Highway TrusFederal Highway Trust Fund.

By Sean Ryan A proposal to use a federal gasoline tax increase to pay for carbon - emissions research is frustrating builder associations that want the money for highway construction.

National: As President Obama signs the new five - year $ 305 billion FAST ACT highway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is consthighway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constHighway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constrained.

State Departments of Highways and Transportation (SDH&T) receive supportive services funds from the Federal Highway Administration to help increase DBE participation in Federal - aid highway conHighway Administration to help increase DBE participation in Federal - aid highway conhighway contracts.

The Department will need to continue to work to understand this increase and step up efforts to reduce the number of deaths and injuries through Department programs and activities at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and the Office of the Secretary (OST).

We had the interstate highway bill [the Federal - Aid Highway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building hihighway bill [the Federal - Aid Highway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building hiHighway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building highways.

Performance management will transform the Federal - aid highway program and provide a means to the most efficient investment of Federal transportation funds by refocusing on national transportation goals, increasing the accountability and transparency of the Federal - aid highway program, and improving project decisionmaking through performance - based planning and programming.

It may seem like an, «Oh, duh,» with the government the last to confirm the news, but a 15 - year report released by the U.S. Department of Transporation and the Federal Highway Administration shows a 25 % increase in trips

Although the federal gas tax — 18.4 cents per gallon — hasn't changed since 1993, tax collections are down because today's vehicles go farther on a gallon of gas, cutting tax collections while increasing wear and tear on highways.

This is why there are many federal laws that govern the actions of truckers and trucking companies, in a bid to increase the safety of the trucks on the roads and make the highways of America safer.

Nearly 70 percent of U.S. roadways are aided by federal funds, and highway - only lobby continue to insist that increasing safety measures on these roads is a local government responsibility.

In the wake of federal congressional hearings on recalls by GM, Toyota, and Takata for safety defects, Representative Jan Schakowsky from Illinois has proposed a bill that would increase funding to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and would pressure manufacturers to improve auto safety.

The Governors» Highway Safety Association estimates that the number of pedestrians killed in 2015 increased by around 10 percent as compared with 2014, which is the largest annual increase in pedestrian fatalities since the federal government began collecting accident data forty years ago.