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June 12, 2012

Webinar to discuss housing and transportation tool

On Thursday, June 14 from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, the National League of Cities will be hosting a webinar to discuss a Housing and Transportation Affordability Index developed by the Center for Neighborhood Technology. The index calculates housing affordability…

June 12, 2012

Transportation neogitations continue in Congress

Last week provided some hopeful signs that the Congress might actually be able to scratch and claw there way to a agreement before the currente extension expires at the end of the month. First there was a exchange of actual…

June 4, 2012

Transportation negotiations begin to sour

Recent reports from the conference committee tackling a new transportation authorization is that negotiations my have hit a stand still. Not only does the House Republican legislative agenda for the remainder of spring and summer not even mention transportation, but several House…

May 31, 2012

Transportation “Best Practices” Bill Passes House Committee

On Wednesday May 30th, the House Transportation Committee passed HB 5302 a bill termed "best practices." The committee adopted an H-4 version of the bill that is substantially different from the original bill as introduced which included a host of…

May 30, 2012

MDOT Call for Projects High Risk Rural Roads Program FY 2014

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is soliciting new candidate project applications for fiscal year 2014 High Risk Rural Road (HRRR) program. CLICK HERE to view the notice. The deadline to submit projects is August 13, 2012. Jason Mancini works for…

May 22, 2012

Transportation conference committee making progress – Call-In to your congressman!

The transportation conference committee working on a new authorization continues to meet, with staff behind the scenes working on several issues in the hopes of reaching a compromise before the current extension expires on June 30th. The League and its national…

May 14, 2012

Transportation Conference Committee meets

The conference committee charged with crafting a new federal transportation authorization act met for the first time last week. And although the first meeting was more about ceremonial introductory statements by members of the committee, a willingness to negotiate was noted…

April 30, 2012

Transportation Conference Committee set to meet

The House and Senate have named their conferees and the first meeting of the committee tasked with hammering out a new transportation authorization before the current extension expires will meet on May 8. The most recent extension ends June 30th. That said,…

April 19, 2012

Transportation extension may break logjam

With a 90 day extension of the current transportation authorization law already in place, the House has passed a bill that would add a additional 90 days and sets the stage for a conference committee with the Senate on their own…

April 9, 2012

Congressional recess means opportunity

Congress is on their spring recess during the next two weeks, giving local officials a perfect opportunity to speak with them of issues of importance such as transportation and the 2013 budget. As you do so, please talk to them…

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