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Trucking congestion costs hit record $94.6B

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Congestion cost trucking companies a record $94.6 billion in 2021, according to a new study...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-congestion-costs-hit-record-94-6b

FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: Traffic cones and barrels save lives

A road crew at work. (Photo: Scott Lorenzo/Caltrans)

“National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual spring campaign held at the start of construction season to encourage safe driving through highway work zones.” NWZAW 2022 began yesterday and runs through April 15. Although the Federal Highway Administration and each of the state departments of transportation want drivers to use extra caution in work zones 24/7/365, NWZAW shines a spotlight on work zone safety. 

FreightWaves Classics will publish a new article on NWZAW each day this...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-traffic-cones-and-barrels-save-lives

FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: New Jersey Turnpike dedicated 70 years ago (Part 1)

Traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. (Photo: WHYY.org)

Overview

Seventy years ago today, the New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) was officially dedicated – despite not being completed yet. As the New York Times reported, “A major engineering feat, the new highway is an unimpeded route, without traffic lights, no cross roads, no left-hand turns and no grades over 3%.”

Today is the 70th anniversary of the New Jersey Turnpike's dedication. (Image: NJTA Facebook page)Today is the 70th anniversary of the New Jersey Turnpike’s dedication. (Image: NJTA Facebook page)

Today, the NJTP is a system of controlled-access highways that are maintained by the New...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-new-jersey-turnpike-dedicated-70-years-ago-part-1

Infrastructure: The money is there but the clock is ticking

Now that President Joe Biden has signed into law the biggest investment in freight transportation in 65 years, the question turns to how quickly the money can reconnect the links of a broken supply chain.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes $110 billion for roads, bridges and major infrastructure projects, $66 billion for freight and passenger rail, and $17.4 billion for ports and inland waterway improvements.

It also sets aside $20.5 billion over five years for three major...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/infrastructure-the-money-is-there-but-the-clock-is-ticking

FreightWaves Classics: Rhode Island established Board of Public Roads

Traffic is heavy on I-95 in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo: turnto10.com)

On November 18, 1902, Rhode Island established the State Board of Public Roads “to oversee the construction, maintenance and improvement of the state’s highways system.” 

Prior to its establishment, there was no state-level entity to “supervise and monitor work on public roads within Rhode Island; those duties were instead localized and decidedly scattershot.”

In the early 1900s, most U.S. roads were dirt roads, that became muddy tracks after it rained. (Photo: National Agricultural Library/USDA)In the early 1900s, most U.S. roads were dirt roads, that became muddy tracks after it rained.
(Photo: National Agricultural...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-rhode-island-established-board-of-public-roads

Breaking: Congress approves $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

A historic, $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that folds in a reauthorization of the highway bill for the next five years — including a load of new provisions that affect trucking — is finally headed to President Joe Biden’s desk for signing.

After months of political gamesmanship between the progressive wing of the Democratic party in The House of Representatives and conservative Democrats in the Senate – both trying to use leverage to affect passage of the related budget reconciliation bill...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/congress-approves-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill

Freight projects fall victim to Capitol Hill stalemate

Long-term investments aimed at unclogging freight bottlenecks and reducing wait times for the nation’s truckers are being put on hold as state transportation departments weigh new risks caused by the stalemate on Capitol Hill over infrastructure funding.

After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., failed on Friday to secure the support necessary to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan “roads and bridges” infrastructure package, lawmakers were forced instead to approve a 30-day extension of surface...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freight-projects-fall-victim-to-capitol-hill-stalemate

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