The following article, which was written by T.R. Goldman for the newspaper Roll Call, focuses on the Transportation for America Campaign and its nationwide push for a better transportation program. The story is posted below in its entirety and can also be viewed here by subscribers to Roll Call. It comes around every half-dozen or [...]

Maryland PIRG policy associate Kristi Hovarth points to the numerous flaws behind our outdated federal transportation policy — and offers a multitude of suggestions for fixing it.  (Baltimore Sun)

The U.S. Senate approves a plan to move $8 billion dollars into the highway trust fund. (Associated Press)

The looming crisis for federal transportation funding makes state officials in Pennsylvania leery about the future of their own transportation projects. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review — Jim Ritchie)

Members of Congress are struggling to come up with ways to deal with decreasing gas tax revenue and a shortfall in federal funding for transportation. But despite record ridership for transit agencies across the country, The Hill doesn’t seem to realize that money in the “highway fund” isn’t just for highways. (The Hill — Susan [...]

Oklahoma’s department of transportation is bracing for a huge drop in federal funding in 2009 due to decreasing revenues from the gas tax. (Oklahoma City Journal Record — Janice Francis Smith)