JayEtta Hecker, Director of Transportation Advocacy at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), today testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee regarding "Federal, State and Local Partnerships to Accelerate Transportation Benefits." In her testimony, Hecker detailed recommendations from BPC's National Transportation Policy Project's (NTPP) recently released report, Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy. The report, released in June, presents a vision and framework for transportation policies that are performance driven, linked to a set of clearly defined goals, and held accountable for results.

The editors of Rebuilding America's Infrastructure and our partner publication CE News received a particularly creative package today -- a dirty, "dead" hubcap, complete with "toe tag," all packaged in what can only be described -- in keeping with the macabre theme -- as a reincarnated pizza box. Not to discourage senders of mail and PR flotsam, but most of what hits our mailbox finds the garbage can before it reaches our desk. In this case, we made an exception. But what does it all mean?

WSDOT has released a draft request for proposals to four contracting teams for the SR 99 bored tunnel design-build project. This is the teams’ first opportunity to review design and contract information as they prepare their proposals and cost estimate to build the tunnel.

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that rocked Chile and sent tsunami fears across the Pacific Saturday — nearly seven weeks after the enormously deadly quake that destroyed parts of Haiti— serves as a vivid reminder of the perils posed to the United States by countless fault lines and shifting plates. For other stories concerning the Chilean quake, visit The Washington Post, Guardian, or Wall Street Journal.