News Multi-Year Highway & Transit Bill an Elixir for Ailing U.S. Economy, ARTBA Chairman Tells Senate Committee WASHINGTON—A long-term federal transportation infrastructure investment bill will help drive the nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chairman Steve McGough said in [...]
News ARTBA Issues Statement on House “INVEST in America” Act WASHINGTON – The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has released the “INVEST in America Act,” a surface transportation legislative proposal that calls for spending $494 billion over five-years to repair the nation’s roads, bridges, rail and public [...]
News Reject Effort to Force Universal COVID-19 Safety Standard on OSHA, ARTBA Tells Federal Court WASHINGTON – Requiring the federal government to impose a single, emergency standard for coping with COVID-19 is misguided because workers are better protected from the virus by construction industry best practices rather [...]
News ARTBA Foundation Announces Financial Assistance to 11 Children of Fallen Highway Workers (WASHINGTON) - Eleven children of highway workers who were killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive post-high school financial assistance for the 2020-21 school year from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation’s [...]
News ARTBA Launches “Fundamentals of U.S. Transportation Construction Safety” Course Provides 14 Hours of Online Training WASHINGTON – A national association has developed the transportation construction industry’s most comprehensive safety training course to help dramatically reduce the 700 motorist fatalities and nearly 50,000 injuries that occur annually [...]
News New “Hours of Service” Rule Will Speed Project Delivery While Maintaining Road Safety, ARTBA Says WASHINGTON – New updates to the federal “hours of service” rule will speed up construction of transportation improvement projects while maintaining road safety, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders [...]
News “Re-open, Renew and Revitalize” Campaign Tells Lawmakers: Economic Recovery Begins with Multi-Year Transportation Investment Package (WASHINGTON)— A coalition of 31 national construction associations and labor unions today launches an advertising and grassroots campaign designed to encourage Congress to make new infrastructure investments as the major catalyst [...]
News New ARTBA Safety Video Highlights Fall Rescue Techniques on Construction Sites WASHINGTON – The transportation construction industry and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are taking their commitment to safety to the next level with the [...]
News ARTBA Chairman Steve McGough Makes Case for Infrastructure Package with Trump Administration WASHINGTON – American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chairman Steve McGough April 29 called on the Trump administration and Congress to take immediate steps to stabilize state transportation programs and enact a multi-year [...]