MoveAmerica Blog

March 20, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog, Surface Transportation

Devolution: Impractical and Unviable at Best

The weather’s getting warmer, and with that we’re flashing back to last summer in more ways than one: once again, we’re just two and a half months out from watching the Highway Trust Fund go bankrupt. The last short-term extension, which Congress passed last August, will keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent until May 31st of…
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March 18, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog, Surface Transportation

Often Overlooked, Infrastructure Receives John Oliver Boost

For a few short minutes two weeks ago, 4.1 million Americans may have understood the problems of failing to invest in our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. It wasn’t because a bridge collapsed; it wasn’t because a sinkhole opened up in the middle of a highway; and it wasn’t because of an accident on an aging transit…
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March 6, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog, Surface Transportation

Growing Intercity Bus Sector Can and Must Get Safer

It may come as a surprise to some that one of the fastest-growing modes of transportation in the U.S. is intercity bus. After decades of declining ridership, intercity bus service has rebounded in a big way, boasting eight consecutive years of consistent growth. Driving this comeback are service modernization efforts, growing onboard amenities, and additional…
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February 27, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog, Safety

DHS Funding Bill Emblematic of a Larger Accountability Problem

Instead of separating partisanship from governing and ensuring funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) doesn’t lapse, Speaker Boehner has decided the House will only vote on a short-term extension. This means that in three short weeks we can go through another manufactured, 11th hour crisis that could shut down the DHS, threaten the security…
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February 26, 2015

General, MoveAmerica Blog, TTD in the news

Hear Ed Wytkind Discuss TTD’s 2015 Agenda on America’s Work Force Radio

Did you miss TTD President Ed Wytkind discussing our 2015 transportation agenda on America’s Work Force Radio on Monday? You’re in luck — you can listen to the show here on the MoveAmerica blog. This past weekend TTD met with the leaders of our 32 affiliate unions to set our 2015 agenda, and, as Ed said on…
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February 24, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog

Now Premiering: Moving America: TTD’s Fight for Good Transportation Jobs

This year, TTD celebrates 25 years of advocating for transportation workers. Check out our new video to learn how we and our 32 affiliated unions dedicate ourselves each day to working with policymakers to ensure that America has a strong, modern transportation system that supports good middle-class jobs.
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February 12, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog, Surface Transportation

Preview of 2015 Surface Transportation Agenda

In 1993, Intel shipped the first-generation Pentium chips and Nintendo released Star Fox for the Super Nintendo system; the average monthly rent was $532.00; and tuition to Harvard University cost $23,514. A lot has changed since then. One thing, though, hasn’t changed at all: the federal gas tax. When last raised – to 18.4 cents…
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February 12, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog, Surface Transportation

The Year of Accountability?

With the new Congress now firmly in place and working (well, sort of), the first couple of months of 2015 have been fascinating as politicians stake out new ground and rehash old positions. But if I had my 15 minutes of fame sitting in the corner offices of Senate and House leadership, I’d make the…
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February 10, 2015

Aviation, MoveAmerica Blog

Preview of 2015 Aviation Agenda

Air traffic in the United States has steadily grown since the end of the recession, and recent projections by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) predict that it will continue to grow by an average of 2.2 percent each year over the next two decades. By 2034, the FAA forecasts, “U.S. commercial air carriers are projected…
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February 5, 2015

MoveAmerica Blog, Transit

Preview of 2015 Public Transit Agenda

In a saner world, these would be the glory days for public transit in the U.S. The high stakes of hopeless congestion and changing commuter preferences combined with remarkable technological advances have created an environment in which a robustly funded, state-of-the art public transit network could be at the center of our modern economy. But…
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