- US Extends Border Crossing Restrictions To Prevent COVID-19 Spread
- Eno Webinar Will Focus On Women's Success In Transportation Leadership Roles
- WSDOT Expects Heavy Summer Traffic, Advises Drivers To Mind Their Gas Gauges
- CFX Implements SR 408 Speed Limit Increase
- The "Slog" Toward A Deal On Infrastructure Continues
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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US Extends Border Crossing Restrictions To Prevent COVID-19 Spread
USA Today reports, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday confirmed that America’s borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to all but “essential” trade and travel until at least June 21. “The agency, in conjunction with its Canadian and Mexican counterparts, originally closed the borders to leisure travelers in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic. The restrictions have been extended on a monthly basis ever since.” In a tweet conveying the news, DHS stated, “We’re working closely with Canada & Mexico to safely ease restrictions as conditions improve.”
Canada Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) Mexico US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Eno Webinar Will Focus On Women's Success In Transportation Leadership Roles
Eno Center for Transportation is accepting reservations for a June 3 webinar titled, “Women at the Helm.” The event will explore “the path to leadership for women in transportation,” and what “success stories teach us about how to help women advance to the top of organizations.” Scheduled speakers include AECOM’s Jennifer Aument, ACS Infrastructure’s Nuria Haltiwanger, and Denise Roth of WSP.
Eno Center for Transportation Transportation and Infrastructure Leadership And Workforce Diversity Women in TransportationWSDOT Expects Heavy Summer Traffic, Advises Drivers To Mind Their Gas Gauges
WSDOT announced that it expects an increase in Memorial Day holiday traffic this year. It advised travelers to budget extra driving time and “be sure to keep vehicles at least a quarter full of fuel throughout travel. The state Department of Commerce says there is no fuel shortage like recently seen on the East Coast, but with many people still driving rather than flying, there could be local delays in fuel deliveries during heavy travel weekends this summer.”
Washington State Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)CFX Implements SR 408 Speed Limit Increase
Orlando Sentinel reports, the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) is executing its plan to raise the speed limit along a 12-mile segment of the SR 408 toll road. Workers are posting signs that display the new 60-mile-per-hour limit, raised from the 55-mile limit set years before CFX added lanes, improved interchanges and installed electronic tolling on the highway. The article explains why CFX views the change as a safety enhancement.
Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) Florida Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) Orange County FL Metro Area (Orlando)The "Slog" Toward A Deal On Infrastructure Continues
The Associated Press reports on the seesaw discussions that have taken place this week as the Biden administration and lawmakers attempt to reach a compromise on infrastructure funding. “Negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans over President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan are hitting a crucial stage ahead of talks [today] after the latest GOP offer left some dismay in the administration that there wasn’t more movement off the Republicans’ initial $568 billion proposal.” All sides are expressing optimism that a deal is still within reach, but, as AP notes, “the outward talks of progress have not translated into the two sides getting much closer to a deal. Beyond the significant gap in the two sides’ visions for the size of the package, there has been little discussion of how to reach an agreement on how to pay for it.”
POLITICO reports on a tactic the White House is using to try to move Republican lawmakers. “Over the past few weeks, senior White House officials, Cabinet members, and President Joe Biden himself have held dozens of calls or meetings with local Republican leaders to talk roads, bridges, and modern infrastructure investments. Much of the outreach has been done in private. . . . But in conversations with more than a dozen local officials familiar with the White House’s efforts . . . a few themes emerge. Chief among them is that the White House wants local GOP mayors and governors to convince their Republican representatives in Congress of the need to back the president’s proposals.”
US Gov't Transportation Funding US Infrastructure Funding And Financing InitiativesThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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