Related Links: Amtrak Chief Declares Highway Trust Fund 'Dead' Barely a month into the new year, several industry trade groups and no less than three widely read construction publications, including ENR, have sent up smoke signals that the battle over one of the most significant threats in decades facing the U.S. transportation design and construction market already is finished.Even more alarming, the white flag is being waved before we have had a serious fight.RUANEI am referring, specifically, to the reauthorization of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and the crisis facing the federal Highway Trust