The Congressional Budget office recently issued a new 10-year estimate of Highway Trust Fund spending and revenue. (Stay with us. It’s only boring if you don’t stick around for the upcoming forehead slapping.)   If you were perusing the back pages of the internet in December you heard that a transportation bill passed, providing funding for the Highway...

It’s kind of a big deal.   We spend a lot of time talking about roads and bridges and how it’s important that we repair, maintain, and improve them. But if you’re a little puzzled by all the hubbub, allow us to catch you up on how amazing the IHS truly is.   We spoke to Earl Swift,...

“It’s hard to imagine what kind of economy we would have in the United States without the Interstate Highway System.” Casey Dinges, Senior Managing Director at the American Society of Engineers, kicks off our new video about the condition of our roads and bridges with a reminder of our dependency on the roadways that connect us all. Those...

On December 4th we wrapped principal photography for Be Prepared to Stop. Which is just a fancy way of we are done shooting and are now up to our eyeballs in transcripts and outlines and great, great footage of wonderful interviews. So, to Steve Williams who was first in the hot seat, Earl Swift who brought the history...

As we face our final few bittersweet days of watching Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, we thought we’d post a video clip from last summer that pretty much covers the ongoing struggle to get a Highway Trust Fund bill passed and funded.   The Daily Show "First of all, I can't believe our Federal Highways have a...

Once again rather than passing a long-term plan to finance the Highway Trust Fund, the U.S. Congress has extended federal funds for just a couple of months, leaving existing highway and mass transit projects and any chance of future planning in a ditch.   It’s all about who pays for it and how. Gas tax, barrel tax, repatriation,...