WASHINGTON, D.C. — One hundred ten years ago — Feb. 13, 1902 — a small group of influential Americans heeded the call from Michigan public official Horatio S. Earle and gathered at the Cadillac Hotel in New York City to launch what has become the nation’s oldest and highly influential transportation advocacy group: the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).

  Washington, D.C. — The bill designed to fix the nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure will actually accelerate road and bridge damage and trigger an increase in taxpayer subsidies to the trucking industry, said the Association of American Railroads (AAR), which opposes House language allowing for 20 percent heavier trucks and triple trailers.

   WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL) and Members of the Committee unveiled the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act. The initiative is a long overdue infrastructure bill that reforms transportation programs and promotes increased domestic energy production to create American jobs.

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) told the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) that the best way to reduce unnecessary regulatory red-tape on transportation projects is to improve the wetlands permitting process. ARTBA submitted comments to the Corps Jan. 17 in response to a government-wide regulatory review initiated by President Obama in 2011, detailing specific recommendations to make wetlands permitting more efficient.

  RICHMOND, VA. — The proposed Route 460 Corridor - Interstate 85 Connector Improvement Project between Hampton Roads and Petersburg will do far more than present an alternative to the congested I-64 corridor, according to a new report released by Chmura Economics, a national consulting firm based in Richmond. Chmura's study states that the $1.6 billion project to provide a new four-lane highway linking the Port of Virginia to commercial and population centers to the south and west will have an annual economic impact by 2020 estimated at $7.3 billion, supporting 14,120 jobs in the corridor, and $5.7 billion, supporting 11,255 jobs in the Hampton Roads area alone.