NASHTU represents 38 unions and associations from 20 states and the District of Columbia representing hundreds of thousands of state and local transportation department employees.
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Collapsed Bridge Emphasizes Need for Infrastructure Dollars - https://mailchi.mp/18d0f566b608/collapsed-bridge-emphasizes-need-for-infrastructure-dollars
Collapsed Bridge Emphasizes Need for Infrastructure Dollars Collapsed Bridge Emphasizes Need for Infrastructure Dollars Last week, just as President Biden was heading to Pennsylvania for a pre-planned trip to discuss the importance of the new bipartisan infrastructure bill, a two-lane bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed ahead of the morning rush hour. Several ...
Here Comes the Infrastructure Money… States Urged to Prepare - https://mailchi.mp/cc5c62c0be3c/here-comes-the-infrastructure-money-states-urged-to-prepare
Here Comes the Infrastructure Money… States Urged to Prepare Here Comes the Infrastructure Money… States Urged to Prepare CNN is reporting that Mitch Landrieu, the recently appointed Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator, sent letters to all of the nation’s governors asking them to appoint their own implementation director to ensure a smooth rollout o...
‘Tis the Season – To Please Renew Your NASHTU Dues for 2021-22 - https://mailchi.mp/babec33e49fa/tis-the-season-to-please-renew-your-nashtu-dues-for-2021-22
‘Tis the Season – To Please Renew Your NASHTU Dues for 2021-22 ‘Tis the Season – To Please Renew Your NASHTU Dues for 2021-22 Please check your inbox! NASHTU sent out personalized annual dues request letters via email to all affiliates in late November. The email would have come from [email protected]. As you know, NASHTU is a volunteer-driven or...
President Outlines Priorities – Including ‘High Labor Standards’ – for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - https://mailchi.mp/3ed48fa6164f/president-outlines-priorities-including-high-labor-standards-for-bipartisan-infrastructure-law
President Outlines Priorities – Including ‘High Labor Standards’ – for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law President Outlines Priorities – Including ‘High Labor Standards’ – for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law On Monday, the day the bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law, President Biden issued an executive order establishing priorities for the massive infrastructure bill. The executive...
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Becomes Law - https://mailchi.mp/2e67f89075c6/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-becomes-law
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Becomes Law Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Becomes Law President Joe Biden, on Monday, signed federal infrastructure funding legislation into law after months of infighting and negotiation in Congress. The bill, dubbed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provides a total of $1 trillion i...
Latest Surface Transportation Extension Nears Deadline - https://mailchi.mp/04aa825a298a/latest-surface-transportation-extension-nears-deadline
Latest Surface Transportation Extension Nears Deadline Latest Surface Transportation Extension Nears Deadline We are quickly approaching the latest deadline that Congress imposed on itself to act on a long-term surface transportation authorization. The current 30-day extension of the surface transportation authorization expires on October 31, 2021....
NASHTU Conference Returns in 2022 – Save the Date! - https://mailchi.mp/2ff8d8da0fc5/nashtu-conference-returns-in-2022-save-the-date
NASHTU Conference Returns in 2022 – Save the Date! NASHTU Conference Returns in 2022 – Save the Date After a COVID-induced two-year hiatus, we are thrilled to announce that the 2022 NASHTU Conference will be held May 15-17, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Washington Hotel in Washington D.C. Please save the dates! The NASHTU Conference is an exce...
FAST Act Expiration Looms - https://mailchi.mp/efb2eb0fe4ae/fast-act-expiration-looms
FAST Act Expiration Looms FAST Act Expiration Looms In just under three weeks, on September 30, the FAST Act – the current surface transportation authorization – will expire. Without a new authorization, all surface transportation programs will temporarily shut down. To prevent a shutdown, both...
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Passes Senate - https://mailchi.mp/f9641baf8257/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-passes-senate
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Passes Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Passes Senate Last week, the Senate passed federal infrastructure funding legislation after weeks of negotiation between Senate Democrats and Republicans as well as the Biden Administration. The bill, dubbed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, p...
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal on the Ropes - https://mailchi.mp/55534156905f/bipartisan-infrastructure-deal-on-the-ropes
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal on the Ropes Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal on the Ropes The Senate is teeing up a key vote this week on a bipartisan infrastructure framework that would invest billions of dollars into the country’s “physical” infrastructure, including roads, bridges, water, broadband, power grid upgrades, climate resi...
House Passes Surface Transportation Authorization - https://mailchi.mp/77704e57c164/house-passes-surface-transportation-authorization
House Passes Surface Transportation Authorization House Passes Surface Transportation Authorization Last week, the House passed the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act. The $715 billion package includes a five-year, $547 billion surface transportation authorization and $168 billion f...
T&I Committee Passes Massive Surface Transportation Bill - https://mailchi.mp/1cda971f4db6/ti-committee-passes-massive-surface-transportation-bill
T&I Committee Passes Massive Surface Transportation Bill T&I Committee Passes Massive Surface Transportation Bill Last week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) passed – after a 17-hour hearing – its surface transportation authorization out of committee. The current authorization, the FAST Act, expires September 30, 2021. ...
Senate EPW Strikes First – Advances Surface Transportation Bill from Committee - https://mailchi.mp/c6de4261dce4/senate-epw-strikes-first-advances-surface-transportation-bill-from-committee
Senate EPW Strikes First – Advances Surface Transportation Bill from Committee Senate EPW Strikes First – Advances Surface Transportation Bill from Committee After first releasing draft language over the weekend, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) advanced its portion of the surface transportation reauthorization. The current authorization – the F...
Florida Senate Aims to Reign in “Ballooning” Consultant Costs - https://mailchi.mp/b15e3d8b8ee2/florida-senate-aims-to-reign-in-ballooning-consultant-costs
Florida Senate Aims to Reign in “Ballooning” Consultant Costs Florida Senate Aims to Reign in “Ballooning” Consultant Costs The Florida State Senate has added a provision to its annual appropriations bill to reign in engineering consultant costs in an effort to lower the overall cost of transportation projects. The provision would cap Florida Departme...
Is a VMT-based Tax the Future of Transportation Funding? - https://mailchi.mp/55d2203ed288/is-a-vmt-based-tax-the-future-of-transportation-funding
Is a VMT-based Tax the Future of Transportation Funding? Is a VMT-based Tax the Future of Transportation Funding? With the COVID-19 relief package successfully through Congress, the next big priority for the Biden Administration is the passage of a massive infrastructure bill that will stimulate the American economy. During President Biden’s campai...
Federal Money Averts Funding Crisis at PennDOT - https://mailchi.mp/1c47090b8745/federal-money-averts-funding-crisis-at-penndot
Federal Money Averts Funding Crisis at PennDOT Federal Money Averts Funding Crisis at PennDOT Federal dollars from the COVID-19 relief legislation passed last December are starting to make their way to cash-strapped states. According to a recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has receiv...
NASHTU Shares Recommendations with Incoming Biden Administration - https://mailchi.mp/17bc2ef55956/nashtu-shares-recommendations-with-incoming-biden-administration
mailchi.mp NASHTU Shares Recommendations with Incoming Biden Administration Last week, NASHTU sent a letter to the incoming Biden Administration’s Transportation Transition team urging support for NASHTU’s long-standing legislative objectives. Specifically, NASHTU recommended that the Biden Administr...
Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary - https://mailchi.mp/16470c210fbd/buttigieg-for-transportation-secretary
mailchi.mp Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary On Wednesday, President-elect Biden formally nominated former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to be the next U.S. DOT Secretary. If confirmed, Buttigieg – who also served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana – will head to Washington to lead the 55,00...
NASHTU Mourns Loss of Larry Willis - https://mailchi.mp/39f77092968e/nashtu-mourns-loss-of-larry-willis
mailchi.mp NASHTU Mourns Loss of Larry Willis It is with great sadness that we write to share the tragic news that Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), has passed away due to injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on November 21 in Maryland. Larry was a great fri...
Winter is coming… State DOTs Facing Challenges, Cash Crunch - https://mailchi.mp/827f9f53d95c/winter-is-coming-state-dots-facing-challenges-cash-crunch
mailchi.mp Winter is coming… State DOTs Facing Challenges, Cash Crunch The AASHTO Journal recently reported that State DOTs are facing winter and operation challenges created by COVID-19 as the pandemic has led to budget tightening and increased costs to protect the health and safety of employees. The ...
Congress Extends FAST Act - https://mailchi.mp/94d913e2d190/congress-extends-fast-act
mailchi.mp Congress Extends FAST Act Last week, Congress passed, and the President signed, legislation to keep the federal government running under a continuing resolution until December 11 – just in time to avoid a federal government shutdown on October 1. Included in the temporary funding package was ...
Fast Act, Other Transportation Deadlines Loom as Congress Returns - https://mailchi.mp/4483ddae178a/fast-act-other-transportation-deadlines-loom-as-congress-returns
mailchi.mp Fast Act, Other Transportation Deadlines Loom as Congress Returns With Congress set to return from their August recess this week, there are several critical transportation items on their to-do list prior to the end of the federal fiscal year. Most importantly for NASHTU members, the current sur...
COVID-19 Throws State Budgets into Disarray - https://mailchi.mp/cf497663d40e/covid-19-throws-state-budgets-into-disarray
mailchi.mp COVID-19 Throws State Budgets into Disarray As state and local governments wait to see what, if any, financial assistance is coming from the federal government to help ease the effects of staggering revenue losses due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, NPR has published a new special series that de...
FHWA Awards $15M to States for Alternative User-Fee Pilot Projects - https://mailchi.mp/c23f2ba1d6dc/fhwa-awards-15m-to-states-for-alternative-user-fee-pilot-projects
mailchi.mp FHWA Awards $15M to States for Alternative User-Fee Pilot Projects The Federal Highway Administration has awarded $15 million in grants for seven projects in five states to test new types of fees on motorists and other highway users that may someday help pay for our transportation systems. The...
House Passes Surface Transportation Reauthorization - https://mailchi.mp/6cf743954282/house-passes-surface-transportation-reauthorization
mailchi.mp House Passes Surface Transportation Reauthorization Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill called the Moving Forward Act on a mostly party-line vote. The Democratic-sponsored measure includes the surface transportation reauthorization th...
House T&I Democrats Unveil New Surface Bill - https://mailchi.mp/bc351507c13d/house-ti-democrats-unveil-new-surface-bill
mailchi.mp House T&I Democrats Unveil New Surface Bill Last week, the Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the summary and legislative text of a new surface transportation authorization. The five-year, $494 billion proposal would replace the cu...
House Passes COVID Relief Bill – Includes $15 billion for State DOTs - https://mailchi.mp/c70bc5afc2f8/house-passes-covid-relief-bill-includes-15-billion-for-state-dots
mailchi.mp House Passes COVID Relief Bill – Includes $15 billion for State DOTs The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Friday their next “Phase 4” COVID-19 relief measure – entitled the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.” The $3 trillion package includ...
NASHTU Calls on Congress to Fix Transportation Revenue Crisis - https://mailchi.mp/8b2daade9362/nashtu-calls-on-congress-to-fix-transportation-revenue-crisis
mailchi.mp NASHTU Calls on Congress to Fix Transportation Revenue Crisis NASHTU – on behalf of its 38 member unions in 20 states – sent an urgent letter to Congressional leadership requesting supplemental funding in the next COVID-19-related relief bill to make up for lost revenues due to the impact of ...
State Highway Officials Sound the Alarm Over Revenue Crisis - https://mailchi.mp/4e345da4c7b1/state-highway-officials-sound-the-alarm-over-revenue-crisis
mailchi.mp State Highway Officials Sound the Alarm Over Revenue Crisis State highway officials are starting to worry about plummeting gas tax revenues as most American’s stay at home, according to an article last week in Roll Call. As we know, the federal government pays for large parts of our roads,...
DeFazio Pushes for COVID-19 Infrastructure Investment - https://mailchi.mp/af2ef7a98a0e/defazio-pushes-for-covid-19-infrastructure-investment
mailchi.mp DeFazio Pushes for COVID-19 Infrastructure Investment Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) – Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee – pushed for the inclusion of infrastructure investment in the next phase of COVID-19 relief during a conference call with other House Democratic le...
State DOTs Work to Keep Transportation Systems Open - https://mailchi.mp/19f1fcb94097/state-dots-work-to-keep-transportation-systems-open
mailchi.mp State DOTs Work to Keep Transportation Systems Open The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) put together a nice round up of what State DOTs are doing to keep the nation’s transportation network functioning in the face of the COVID-19 public health emergen...
COVID-19 Response Hits Revenue Sources for Highway Funding - https://mailchi.mp/c288ed825024/covid-19-response-hits-revenue-sources-for-highway-funding
mailchi.mp COVID-19 Response Hits Revenue Sources for Highway Funding As the nation grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are heeding public health warnings, teleworking, and staying home to protect themselves from the virus. One side effect of the self-isolation is reduced traffic volumes which c...
The Latest Case for Public Inspection - https://mailchi.mp/1962d5403342/the-latest-case-for-public-inspection
mailchi.mp The Latest Case for Public Inspection An article last week in the Idaho Statesman reported that private companies responsible for checking the quality of Idaho’s road materials have altered the results of asphalt tests thousands of times, according to government records. Those changes may hav...
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