- US EPA Threatens to Cut Off California's Federal Transportation Funding
- ARTBA Announces Results of Annual Officers Election
- Calls for Congestion Pricing in Australia's Cities
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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US EPA Threatens to Cut Off California's Federal Transportation Funding
Los Angeles Times reports, “The Trump administration’s political feud with California intensified Monday with a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency threatening to cut federal transportation funding from the state as punishment for not submitting timely pollution-control plans. The letter . . . accused the state of having failed for decades to take required steps under the Clean Air Act, specifically allowing a backlog of more than 130 inactive smog-reduction plans to accumulate.” (Link inserted.)
The Sacramento Bee also covers the story.
EPA issued a news release yesterday explaining its administrator’s action.
California Caltrans (CA Department of Transportation) Environmental Protection Policies Procedures And Initiatives US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) US Government Highway FundingARTBA Announces Results of Annual Officers Election
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced the election of its 2019-2020 officers. The slate includes chairman Steve McGough (president and CFO of Texas-based HCSS); senior vice chairman Ward Nye (president and CEO, Martin Marietta Materials); and first vice chairman Tim Duit (president, Oklahoma-based Duit Construction). Lisa Robert (executive vice president, RS&H); Paula Hammond (senior vice president, WSP); and Susan Martinovich (national highway market director, Jacobs) were among the members elected to serve as vice chairpersons at-large.
American Road & Transportation Builders Assoc. (ARTBA) Appointments-Promotions-Retirements Women in TransportationCalls for Congestion Pricing in Australia's Cities
Daily Mail, in a report on this week’s population summit meeting in Sydney, notes that several experts called on Australia’s state governments to introduce congestion pricing as a solution for urban traffic problems. The article adds, since London introduced a “cordon” toll in 2003, central city traffic congestion has declined by ten 10 percent.
Australia Congestion Pricing United KingdomThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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