The House has not yet released the full text of a transportation bill proposal, but the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has released an outline of the principles that will be included in the bill. We posted an analysis of the outline here. This is one in a short series of posts looking into some [...]

Consider a couple of eye-popping statistics: From 2004-2008, states spent 57 percent of available highway dollars to add a little over 1 percent to our already vast highway network, and only 43 percent to maintain the other 99 percent of highway lanes. Keeping our existing highway network in “good” condition would require spending $43 billion [...]

Christian Science Monitor writer Eoin O’Carroll looks at a new study which posits that closing certain roads could cut congestion and improve the overall flow of traffic.

With city and state governments feeling squeezed amidst the continued economic slowdown, many are looking to lease highways, bridges, and airports to private companies in order to keep the cash flowing. (Reuters — Jonathan Stempel)