Transportation Secretary - Topic profile

  Recs: 0 Another bankrupt account. Of course, the problem is that we are driving a lot less. DUH!!!! The thing is, not only are we going bankupt, but our leaders have bankrupt character. They don't believe in anything but their own welfare and they are taking it out on the rest of us. OBAMA/PALIN or at least PALIN 2008 (and beyond) That freakin BO picks one of the...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2008/09/05/AR2008090503525.html Quote: U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said the nation's highway trust fund will run out of money this month, which means that federal payments to states for construction projects could be cut. Yesterday, Peters asked Congress to come up with an $8 billion infusion for ...

Transportation Dept. almost out of highway funds By JOAN LOWY – AP News Must we raise fuel taxes? Metallica - Fuel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgORLrerKs WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday...

I was going to put these tidbits in the Toll Roads thread, but it's really a whole new discussion. The freeway system that my generation grew up taking for granted is a half century old, and is crumbling (sometimes with disastrous results ). That highway infrastructure has been propped up by taxes on cheap fuel. How do we keep it going in the $4 gas era, with that fuel tax revenues actually ...

Dayum! I'm gonna get me a dirt bike and quit going to work! Just kidding, Tommy! Thursday, August 14, 2008 DOT 113-08 Contact: Brian Turmail Tel.: (202) 366-4570 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Announces Historic Drop in Highway Fatalities and Rate Motorcycle fatalities still rising, Secretary Peters says, while announcing increased safety, drunk ...

SIGNIFICANT DELAYS EXPECTED AS SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS ARE MADE TO BAY BRIDGE Labor Day Beachgoers Urged To Travel Off Peak, Use Alternate Route DO NOT USE SERVICE ROADS TO REACH THE BRIDGE Construction Could Take Up To 10 Weeks To Complete Starting today, the right lane of the Bay Bridge’s eastbound span will be closed continuously as work begins to strengthen the parapets ...

By Ken Thomas The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade, the government reported Thursday. Some 41,059 people were killed in highway crashes, down by more than 1,600 from 2006. It was the fewest number of highway deaths in a year since 1994, when 40,716 people were killed. The fatality rate of 1...

Highway crashes drop to lowest level in decade Meanwhile, motorcycle deaths increased for the 10th year in a row WASHINGTON - Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade, the government reported Thursday. Some 41,059 people were killed in highway crashes, down by more than 1,600 from 2006. It was the fewest number of highway...

Beyond the Spin: No wonder blacks snub GOP By George Curry If you had difficulty observing more than an occasional African American face among delegates attending the Republican National Convention this week in St. Paul, there is a reason. According to a roster of black delegates compiled by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, there are only 36 black delegates attending this ...

tiny dancer wrote: > Came across this article as I was searching for a cite to McCains > nasty joke about Chelsea Clinton> > > > > McCain's Out-of-Control Anger: Does He Have the Temperament to Be > President? > > > WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is considered a front-runner > for the 2008 race, but does McCain have the temperament to be > president? > > As portrayed by ...

New Leader Takes Reins of U.S. Transportation Command By John J. Kruzel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2008

> Early life and education From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Palin was born Sarah Louise Heath in Sandpoint, Idaho, the daughter of Sarah Heath (n

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The Bridge to Nowhere Looks like Palin might have pulled a Kerry on this one... Foes say Palin didn't always oppose 'Bridge to Nowhere' Monday, September 1, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) | Gov. Sarah Palin was for the infamous so-called “Bridge to Nowhere” ...