"The Road Forward" details how the passage of Proposition 1, ending diversions from transportation, and reforming contracting and design processes, provides more than adequate funding for transportation through 2017—even after adjusting for construction inflation since 2006.
Energy & Environment
Was Washington’s Deadly Derailment Caused By A Federal Stimulus Fund Deadline?
In the wake of the deadly Amtrak train derailment that claimed three lives in Washington state, The Seattle Timesreported that state transportation officials were under a tight federal funding deadline which, if missed, would have resulted in millions of federal stimulus dollars going unclaimed. Absent the federal incentive, state transportation officials had targeted a 2019...
January 3, 2018