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The Heat Is On—Help Keep It That Way!

As summer temperatures

across the country begin

to heat up, so is the buzz

around reauthorization of the

surface transportation bill in

Washington, D.C. The House

and Senate transportation

committees last week kicked off

public relations campaigns in

support of their reauthorization

goals (for specifics, see last

Thursday’s Newsline Plus here).

We still don’t have specifics

about either proposal, but we

know the House six year plan

would provide $230 billion—a

roughly 30 percent cut from

current investment levels—and

the Senate two-year plan would

include $109 billion—current

investment levels plus inflation.

Both bills will reportedly

streamline the transportation

project approval process,

consolidate existing programs

to focus on national priorities

and encourage public-private

partnerships. There is still

a great deal of work left for

each chamber, but having both

committee chairmen dedicated

to enacting a reauthorization

this year is a very positive

development.

As an industry leader, we

need you to help keep the

$527 Million in New TIGER Grants

The U.S. Department of

Transportation is making $527

million available for a third

round of TIGER grants since

the program’s inception as part

of the ARRA. The competitive

awards provide funds for roads,

bridges, freight rail, transit

buses, streetcars, ports, and

bicycle and pedestrian paths.

The pre-application deadline is

October 3 and final applications

must be submitted by October

31. For more information,

please visit the U.S. DOT

website.

June ARRA Outlays Well Below Last Year

Federal Highway

Administration data indicate

$615 million of American

Recovery and Reinvestment

Act of 2009 (ARRA) and

Transportation Infrastructure

Generating Economic Recovery

(TIGER) grant funds were paid

out during June—less than half

the $1.3 billion paid out in June

2010. As of June 30, highway

investments made in the ARRA

have delivered 8,501 completed

transportation infrastructure

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TransOvation WorkshopSeptember 6–9 Near Dulles Airport, Va.[Add to Calendar]

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ARTBA National ConventionOctober 2–5 Monterey, Calif. [Add to Calendar]

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The Heat Is On in Washington, D.C.

heat on your

representative and

senators to advance

their legislation

and work towards

enactment

of multi-year

reauthorization

bill this year. You

can directly contact

all of your elected

officials by dialing the ARTBA Grassroots

Action Hotline at 1.888.448.2782.

You can also download ARTBA’s

Mobilize! Grassroots Action Guide, which

contains further tools and information to

help you stay on top of the issues.

Remember, you vote… so they will listen!

8th Annual “Through the Lens”: Transportation Design & Construction in Pictures

SHARE YOUR COMPANY’S BEST PHOTOS!

The editorial staff of ARTBA’s “Transportation Builder” (TB) magazine is planning its annual special section in the September-October issue featuring outstanding photos of transportation infrastructure projects from across the nation.

Send photographs of your company’s best bridge proj-ects via email to ARTBA’s Jaime Mahoney. Submissions must be received by Fri-day, August 12. Here are the entry guidelines:

• Maximum of two photos per member company.

• Electronic images should be at least 300 DPI and saved in either tif or jpeg format. Do not send ZIP files or images over 10MB.

• Be sure to include captions detailing the name of the project and its location, photog-rapher’s name, and submitting company in entries.

TB editorial staff will make final decisions on photos to be included.

MOBILIZE!Grassroots Action Guide For The Federal Highway & Transit Bill

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33.6%

of Maryland’s 31,386 miles of roadway is in need of major repairs or replacement.

Visit www.transportationcreatesjobs.org to see how your state compares.

September 6-9 | Lansdowne Resort & Conference Center | Leesburg, Va., near Dulles Airport

Workshop leaders and instructors:

Are You Ready to be an Innovator?

Register: w w w . t r a n s o v a t i o n . o r g

Ted Zoli, world-renowned bridge engineer, HNTB

One of “Esquire” maga-zine’s “The Brightest: 16 Geniuses Who Give Us Hope.”

John Hillman, HC Bridge Company

2010 “Engineering News Record” Award of Excellence winner for his development of the Hybrid Composite Beam.

Darcy Winslow, Nike’s Sustainability Innovator

A “business rock star” who unleashed a wave of innovation at the world’s largest athletic apparel company.

Jerry Karel, 3M

Helps lead one of the most innovative com-panies on the planet.

Check out this 30 second clip on TransOvation: a two-and-a-half day workshop designed for young executives in transportation design & construction.

• Connect with the Industry’s Brightest Minds• Experience Cutting-Edge Products & Services• Make Transportation Projects More Sustainable

Products & ServicesNow Available: 2011 ARTBA “Transportation Officials & Engineers Database”

The ARTBA TO&E Database is your one-stop guide to key local, state, and federal transportation officials. Offered as an Excel spreadsheet, it includes contact information for more than 6,000 state and local transportation departments and authorities. The database connects you to the people, agencies and programs you need to get ahead and stay ahead. Individual segments of the directory are available by region, state and occupation.

Price: $475.00

Contact Peter Embrey for more information.

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TRB Newsletter: July 5, 2011ARTBA is pleased to make available another service for members that highlights new research, technologies, industry best practices and information resources available to the transportation design and construction industry. This material comes from the Transportation Research Board. Read the most recent newsletter.

Fostering Innovation

“Given U.S. House rules and budget constraints, this proposal maximizes the value of our available infrastructure funding through better leveraging, streamlining the project approval process, attracting private sector investment, and cutting the federal bureaucracy...Most importantly, this six-year proposal provides the stability states need to plan major transportation improvements and create long-term jobs.”

Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), in a July 7 press release on the transportation reauthorization proposal.

“A great nation has to invest in its people and in its resources and its future...And if we have bridges that fall down, we’re lost.”

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in a July 6 article in “The Hill’s Transportation Report.”

Overheard“ ”

projects. Another 4,503

transportation projects are

under construction and only

381 are yet to begin. Read a full

update on the progress of ARRA

transportation investments

here.

April VMT Lags Behind 2010 Figures

Motorists in the U.S. logged

250.5 billion miles in April, 2.4

percent less than in April 2010.

Cumulative travel for 2011 is

down 0.8 percent from the pace

set last year. April’s decline in

vehicle miles travelled is the

second consecutive monthly

decline following 12 consecutive

monthly increases.

Obama Discusses Infrastructure During First Ever Presidential Twitter Town Hall President Obama hosted a July

6 “Twitter

Town Hall”

where he

answered

questions

posed

through

the social

networking site that limits

submissions to 140 characters.

Among the President’s

many responses were the

following that emphasize the

importance of improving the

nation’s transportation and

infrastructure networks:

“We’ve got to have a top notch infrastructure to support advanced manufacturing.”

June ARRA Outlays Well Below Last Year

“There’s some areas where the republicans have been more resistant in cooperating…it’s estimated we have about 2 trillion dollars worth of infrastructure that needs to be rebuilt: Roads; bridges; sewer lines; water mains; our air traffic control system doesn’t make sense…”

“For us to move forward on a major infrastructure initiative where we’re putting people to work right now, including construction workers who are disproportionately unemployed when the housing bubble went bust…to put them to work, rebuilding America at a time when interest rates are very low, contractors are looking for work and the need is there…that is something that could make a huge positive impact on the economy overall. And its an example of making an investment now that ends up having huge payoffs down the road.”

You can follow ARTBA on

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updates direct from the Nation’s

Capital!

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President Calls for Transportation Investment in Response to Jobs Report

President

Obama said July

8 the nation

should increase

investment in

transportation

infrastructure

improvements in response

to a report showing the U.S.

unemployment rate has

increased to 9.2 percent:

“There are a few things that

we can and should do, right

now, to redouble our efforts on

behalf of the American people.

Let me give you some examples.

Right now, there are over a

million construction workers

out of work after the housing

boom went bust, just as a lot of

America needs rebuilding. We

connect the two by investing in

rebuilding our roads and our

bridges and our railways and

our infrastructure.”

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Awards Honor Women Leaders

ARTBA has launched

the “Women Leaders in

Transportation Design &

Construction Awards” program

to honor extraordinary efforts of

individuals, companies and

public agencies that have

demonstrated leadership and

dedication to innovation in the

transportation construction

field as well as the promotion

of women leaders within the

industry.

Nominations, available at

www.artba.org/womenleaders,

must be received by close of

business July 29. Winners will

be recognized September 7 at

a gala dinner during ARTBA’s

TransOvation Workshop held

near Dulles Airport in Virginia.

Contact Allison Wenograd

with questions.

Transportation from the Eyes of Tomorrow’s Leaders

ARTBA’s Research and

Education Division has

launched a national student-

produced video contest to

document and demonstrate,

from a young person’s

perspective, views on

transportation infrastructure,

finance, operations and long-

term needs. Two winners will

be selected from a nationwide

pool of submissions—with the

top videos shown at ARTBA’s

National Convention in

Monterey, California.

Students of all ages are

encouraged to offer their

perspective on transportation

issues in the United States.

Entrants should create an

original two (2) to four (4)

minute video.

For more information,

contact Dan Hadley.

23rd Annual P3s in Transportation Conference

November 15 - 16, 2011 • Washington, D.C.

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For more information and sponsorship opportu-nities, contact ARTBA P3 Division Manager Hank Webster at hwebster@artba.org or 202.289.4434.

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