Transportation infrastructure stakeholders say it’s a good time to be in the business, despite myriad challenges, and they are holding out hope for bipartisan agreements on federal funding and regulatory reform.
Six new reports find that the passage of Senate Bill 1 last year could bring California $9.7 billion-$34.5 billion in economic activity throughout six of its major regions over the next decade.
Peter Ruane, American Road & Transportation Builders Association president and CEO, will retire in October after 30 years heading the organization, ARTBA said on June 19.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, proved to be a good day at the polls for infrastructure funding, with voters in eight states endorsing a variety of ballot measures aimed at generating new revenue for transportation and related projects.
Rail grade separations. Revamped locks and dams. Toll roads and bridges. Dredging. These components are some of the most "'glamorous parts of the infrastructure conversation in the U.S.," says Pierce Homer, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's ports-and-waterways co-chairman and Moffatt & Nichol's transportation director.
