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Fuming over gas prices? Plenty of politicians are, hoping to rile or appease voters.
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Read More »Fed up with higher gas prices? Get over it
The gas tax’s tortured history shows how hard it is to fund new infrastructure
As the Biden administration and Republicans negotiate a possible infrastructure spending package, how to pay for it has been a sticking point.
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Read More »Thompson: WisDOT still coming to terms with COVID-19 aftermath 
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary-designee Craig Thompson said Friday that he and his colleagues are intent on maintaining the states’ existing infrastructure as it becomes clear how COVID-19 has already begun changing travel patterns for the long term. Thompson’s remarks ...
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Read More »WisDOT to plug budget hole with nearly $210M in federal aid
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation plans to use about $210 million worth of federal aid to close a budget deficit caused by COVID-19 and spend more on local roads and highway rehabilitation.
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Read More »Biden cabinet: Buttigieg urges big spending on transportation
President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, was headed down a smooth path to quick confirmation, pledging to senators on Thursday to work with them to carry out the administration's ambitious goal of rebuilding the country's infrastructure.
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Read More »COVID-relief bill has $10B to help state DOTs offset pandemic-related shortfalls
The massive COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress on Monday promises to help Wisconsin's transportation fund cope revenue shortfalls brought on by the pandemic even as it provides tax relief to businesses that took out a Paycheck Protection loan earlier this year.
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Read More »ON THE LEVEL: Head of Reason Foundation sees future of road funding in tolling
Most think-tank pundits are well aware of the likelihood that their best recommendations are likely to take years, if not decades, to bear fruit. So Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation, an organization that seeks to apply free-market answers to ...
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Read More »ON THE LEVEL: At WTDA, Jackson sees coronavirus putting stress on already strained transportation system
As is true for so many aspects of modern life, the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t so much revealed weaknesses in the state’s transportation as made long-recognized faults even more apparent.
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Read More »Data: Virus-weary Americans slowly return to the road (UPDATE)
Americans are slowly getting back on the road after hunkering down in response to the coronavirus, although traffic numbers are still well below what they were before many states issued stay-at-home orders.
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Read More »Highway funding, which relies on gas tax, will be hard hit as fuel sales decline
As people hunker down at home, with few places to go but the grocery store, congestion has all but disappeared from our highways and freeways.
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