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Goal would be to reduce roadway damage, trust fund spending on pavement repair
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by John D. Boyd -Jan 13, 2011: -- The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, signaling domestic transport goals similar to those of the Obama administration, says he wants to advance several initiatives that shift commercial truck loads and automobiles off the nation's stressed highways... My goal would be to get more trucks off of the highway, and more cars off of the highway," Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., told... Mica told The JOC he will pursue various efforts to get better use out of the existing highway footprint rather than just building new roads... He also wants to take private the Amtrak Auto Train service that runs from central Florida nearly to Washington, D.C., in which drivers load their automobiles on the train and ride inside train cars for the 855-mile trip. Mica said that could be sharply expanded and perhaps broadened to include commercial trucks, as in Europe... Such efforts, he said, save energy and "save the infrastructure, because four out of every five dollars for transportation now goes just for maintaining infrastructure...
* Sen. Boxer: Working with Rep. Mica, on a long-term transportation bill
Washington,DC,USA -DC Street Blog -6 Jan 2011: -- Senator Barbara Boxer told reporters that she had an "excellent," "wonderful" meeting with Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., the new chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She confirmed that they're working on a "longer-term" transportation bill and have come up with many points of agreement...
