ARTBA
What’s ahead?
What can we expect for the aggregates industry in 2013? Assuming both sides in Washington are able to compromise and avoid the fiscal cliff (a big assumption, I know), the year ahead looks to be a gradual move in the… Keep Reading
ARTBA predicts US construction infrastructure growth
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) annual forecast suggests that the U.S. transportation construction infrastructure market will show modest growth in 2013. According to ARTBA’s forecast, this segment will increase 3 percent to $130.5 billion in 2013. The… Keep Reading
Majority of transportation ballot initiatives passed on Election Day
U.S. voters approved 68 percent of the measures that appeared on Nov. 6 ballots to increase or extend funding for highways, bridges and transit, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The association tracked 31 measures overall,… Keep Reading
ARTBA’s legal forum to focus on MAP-21
The historic policy reforms, program consolidation and environmental improvements in the new highway and transit law—MAP-21—will result in a myriad of legal and regulatory challenges relating to the delivery of transportation improvements. The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)… Keep Reading
Kicking the can
After three years of short-term extensions, we finally have a highway bill, and that's a good thing. But I feel bad for the people at organizations like the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association and others who worked long and… Keep Reading
