News
TIGER grant request, at $10.2 billion, surpasses available funding
- April 2012
An "overwhelming demand" for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants has far surpassed available funding, with applications to the U.S. Department of Transportation for TIGER 2012 grants totaling ...
Truck sales tax repeal legislation introduced
- April 2012
Representative Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) introduced H.R. 4321, legislation to repeal the retail sales excise tax on heavy trucks and replace the revenue with a small increase in the diesel fuel ...
Federal court rules against EPA in wetlands case, calling agency’s actions ‘illogical, impractical’
- March 2012
A federal court has ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) saying the agency overstepped its authority by revoking a valid wetlands permit from a West Virginia mining operation.
This ...
Granite JV with Yaquina River Contractors receives Notice of Default
- March 2012
Granite Construction Inc.'s joint venture with Yaquina River Contractors (YRC) received a Notice of Default from the Oregon Department of ...
Daimler recalling Freightliner, Western Star trucks
- March 2012
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 103,000 of its Class 8 trucks manufactured between 2006 and this year.
U.S. Supreme Court refused to widen the scope of the federal Clean Water Act
- February 2012
All nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and refused to widen the scope of the federal Clean Water Act ...
TRIP report: U.S. transportation system insufficent to meet mobility, safety needs of older drivers
- February 2012
AGC: Construction material prices rise moderately
- February 2012
The cost of construction materials is showing signs of accelerating after moderating in January, according to an analysis of producer price index figures and recent market information released by the ...
Mica: Obama transportation budget road to financial ruin
- February 2012
U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.) released the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s fiscal year 2013 budget:
“The Obama Administration...released its transportation budget, which follows the same old ...







