Biden transition team focuses on transportation issues Biden transition team focuses on transportation issues Pam / Thursday, December 3, 2020 0 3214 Article rating: No rating As President-Elect Joe Biden continues to formulate his policy transition teams, there is a focus on transportation and infrastructure issues. There is a strong indication that infrastructure policies will be an early focus of the Biden Administration. Today, ATSSA submitted our policy priorities to the transition team, focused on roadway safety infrastructure investments. “For more than 50 years, ATSSA has focused on reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries on roads throughout the country,” ATSSA President and CEO Stacy Tetschner stated. “We look forward to working with President-Elect Biden and his infrastructure advisors on ensuing that roadway safety is the focal point on any surface transportation proposals and legislation. As the voice of roadway safety, ATSSA and our members are the go-to resource for policy makers at all levels of government, including the incoming administration and future U.S Department of Transportation appointees.” Read more
Election Watch: ATSSA’s Government Relations Team is monitoring election results Election Watch: ATSSA’s Government Relations Team is monitoring election results Their eyes are on key races impacting transportation and infrastructure Pam / Tuesday, November 3, 2020 0 3335 Article rating: No rating ATSSA’s Government Relations Team is monitoring the 2020 election results and will be reporting on key races important to transportation and infrastructure when they are available. As we all know, this is an election like no other and the timing of the results is unpredictable but know that our team is on it. Once results are clear, we’ll post them here along with GR Team analysis and insights. Read more
Nation's first secretary of transportation has died Nation's first secretary of transportation has died Alan S. Boyd served in the 1960s Pam / Monday, October 19, 2020 0 2625 Article rating: No rating The nation's first secretary of transportation died on Sunday, according to his family. Alan S. Boyd had experience in several modes of transportation during his lengthy career. Read more
House passes stopgap funding bill including highway fund extension House passes stopgap funding bill including highway fund extension Senate expected to vote ahead of Sept. 30 deadline Pam / Wednesday, September 23, 2020 0 3554 Article rating: 5.0 The House of Representatives Tuesday night passed a stopgap funding measure that will keep the federal government fully operating beyond next Wednesday (Sept. 30). The measure included a one-year extension of the current federal highway bill that would have expired the same day. On Monday, House Democrats offered a Continuing Resolution to extend the highway fund by one year with $10.4 billion. If approved by the Senate, the extension would be a “straight” extension of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, better known as the FAST Act, meaning no increase in funding to existing programs. The proposal also would include funds needed to ensure the short-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), with a general fund transfer of $10.4 billion to the HTF, allocated for highways. The Senate is expected to vote next week ahead of the deadline. Read more
Highway bill extension included in House continuing resolution today Highway bill extension included in House continuing resolution today One-year extension part of House of Representatives proposal to avoid shutdown Pam / Monday, September 21, 2020 0 3640 Article rating: No rating Democrats in the House of Representatives today proposed a Continuing Resolution that includes a one-year extension of the current federal highway bill. The resolution is aimed at avoiding a federal government shutdown but included the highway bill, which is scheduled to expire on Sept. 30. The federal government shutdown could come in nine days without action. The proposal would fund the government through Dec. 11. If approved, the resolution would ensure that current transportation programs would not lapse on their expiration date of Oct. 1. Read more
22Jun2022 ATSSA strongly opposes President Biden’s gas tax suspension proposal Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Read more