Arizona
Putting the Brakes on the Federal Gas Tax Will Cause Problems in Arizona & Nationwide
Transportation planners need federal funding certainty for projects and forecasting. Stopping the federal gas tax (already at a 1993 rate) would impede these processes, said David Martin, President of the Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), in a recent interview.
Derailing Federal Gas Tax Won’t Benefit Communities Seeking New Infrastructure Investment
Leaders, those in the infrastructure industry and transportation officials are cautioning against legislation that would forgo the federal gas tax to offset inflation.
Spotlight on Fast-Growing Arizona: Federal Funding is Critical to Maricopa Region’s Transportation Network
Unless you live in a bubble, you know that federal infrastructure investment is trending. In D.C., that means that bipartisan members of Congress and Bidenites are working stridently to define the investment parameters of a bill many hope will be a turning point.
TRIP’s Rocky Moretti Speaks with ATM About the Country’s Slumping Transportation Infrastructure
Listen to the 7-minute podcast -- In February 2018, the White House released President Donald J. Trump’s infrastructure principles and initiative with this quote from the president: “We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land. ...