ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Addresses

Can Underfunded Highways and Transit Stall the Economy? David Aschauer, 14712 [19JN]

Amendments

Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System: designate (S. 2806), 27484, 27493 [4OC]

Route 66 Study Act: enact (S. 963), 24474 [13SE]

Analyses

Federal Rural Tourism and Recreational Development Initiative Act (S. 3261), 35853 [26OC]

Public-Private Toll Road Act (H.R. 4902), 12529, 12565 [24MY]

Transportation Investment and Trust Act (S. 3001), 23327 [4AU]

Visual Pollution Control Act (S. 2500), 8080 [24AP]

Articles and editorials

Bad Idea, 35598 [26OC]

Battle Cry Echoes in Canyons, 16759 [10JY]

Breaking the Trust, 8132 [24AP]

Bridges Under Surveillance, 9909 [9MY]

Brothers' Experiments With Clover Turned Out Lucky for State's Highways, 11772 [23MY]

Can Underfunded Highways Stall the Economy?, 2269 [21FE]

Casey Won't Knuckle Under, 35597 [26OC]

Computers To Help Drivers Find Their Way, 8505 [26AP]

Economic Roadblock—Infrastructure Neglect, 23049 [3AU]

Good Intentions, Lousy Law, 35599 [26OC]

Gray Transit Travesty, 35597 [26OC]

Gray's Transit Tax Puzzling, 35597 [26OC]

Highways Our Mass Transit, 35598 [26OC]

Mass Transit Controversy Misses Mark, 35598 [26OC]

Mischief on Mass Transit, 35599 [26OC]

Pennsylvania Dedicated Transit Tax, 35606 [26OC]

Political Gray Area, 35597 [26OC]

Public Works Optimism, 852 [30JA]

Pushing a Transit Tax, 35599 [26OC]

Road Block—Congress Backs Away From a ``Master Plan'' for Updating Highways, 16445-16446 [28JN]

Road To Restoring American Productivity, 28459 [11OC]

``Smart'' Cars and Highways To Help Unsnarl Gridlock, 8506 [26AP]

Torpedo Strong-Arm Bill, 35598 [26OC]

Wearing Out of America, 6071 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska Highway: anniversary (see S. Res. 343)

Appalachian Region: authorizing appropriations for roads and highways (see S. 2752; H.R. 5108)

Appropriations: authorizing for the Appalachian highway system (see H.R. 5086)

Birmingham, AL: construction of the Appalachian Highway Corridor X to Fulton, MS (see H.R. 5757)

Budget: exclusion of Social Security, highway, and airport and airway trust funds from deficit calculation (see H.R. 3974)

Delaware River: restrictions on eminent domain powers relative to bridges between New Jersey and Pennsylvania (see S. 2066)

Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System: designate (see S. 2806)

Fayetteville, NC: allow vehicular traffic other than buses to use Hay Street (see S. 3201)

———use of vehicles on Hay Street (see H.R. 5139)

Federal-aid highway: increase minimum allocation percentage (see S. Res. 340)

Federal-Aid Highway System: expense of the Highway Trust Fund surplus (see S. 2013)

Federal-State relations: availability of Federal funds to States relative to tax-based funding for mass transit projects (see H.R. 4284)

Fulton, MS: construction of the Appalachian Highway Corridor X to Birmingham, AL (see H.R. 5757)

Government trust funds: off-budget treatment (see H.R. 5315)

Greenville, MS: transfer operation of Highway 82 bridge to Mississippi and Arkansas (see S. 3062; H.R. 5720)

Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act: enact (see S. 2318)

Infrastructure: meeting growing challenge (see H.R. 4100)

———national policy for rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 362)

Insurance: automobile coverage (see H. Res. 356)

Interactive Highway Vehicle System Act: enact (see S. 2528)

Midwest region: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2894)

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: construction of a demonstration project to St. Louis, MO (see S. 2299; H.R. 4271)

Motor vehicles: authorize EPA to encourage the removal of certain model year vehicles from use (see S. 2049)

———make the 65-mile-per-hour speed limit demonstration project permanent (see S. 3147)

National Infrastructure Council Act: enact (see S. 2046)

Nation's infrastructure: improvements (see S. 2740)

Ohio: highway demonstration program (see H.R. 5016)

———highway demonstration projects in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties (see H.R. 4633)

Rapid City, SD: feasibility study on an expressway to Scottsbluff, NE (see S. 2926; H.R. 5698)

Scottsbluff, NE: feasibility study on an expressway to Rapid City, SD (see S. 2926; H.R. 5698)

Shawnee Parkway, WV: establish as a unit of National Park Service (see H.R. 4802)

St. Louis, MO: construction of a demonstration project to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (see S. 2299; H.R. 4271)

Toll highways: construction of new (see H.R. 4326)

Tourist trade: develop as a multipurpose land use of public lands (see S. 3261)

Transportation: amend certain provisions relative to motor carriers (see H.R. 4261)

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5457)

———authorizing appropriations for highway, mass transit, and aviation programs (see H.R. 5489)

———establish national policy (see S. Res. 263)

———improve safety through the transfer of load weight on triaxle trucks (see H.R. 4634)

———study use of intermodal containers (see H.R. 5964)

———toll road, bridge, and tunnel infrastructure (see H.R. 4902)

Transportation Investment and Trust Act: enact (see S. 3001)

Visual Pollution Control Act: enact (see S. 2500)

Factsheets

Role of Speed in Motor Vehicle Deaths, 1679 [7FE]

Sign Control and Economic Development, 8081 [24AP]

Letters

Ban commercial motor vehicles use of radar detectors: Dept. of Transportation, 35588 [26OC]

Federal-aid highway program's minimum allocation percentage: Montana Dept. of Highways, 29092 [15OC]

———Senator Burdick, 29091 [15OC]

Forest Service road construction budget: Clayton Yeutter, Sec. of Agriculture, 33177 [23OC]

———Dept. of Agriculture, 33183, 33202 [23OC], 33488 [24OC]

———United Paperworkers International Union, 33177 [23OC]

Gasoline and diesel fuel taxes: American Transportation Advisory Council, 30669 [18OC]

Heartland Expressway study: G.C. Strobel, Nebraska Dept. of Roads, 19643 [26JY]

Highway Trust Fund: Associated General Contractors of America, 8131 [24AP]

———several transportation-related organizations, 7361 [18AP]

Infrastructure Protection Act: John A. Focht, Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers, 9909 [9MY]

Pennsylvania dedicated transit tax: American Legislative Exchange Council, 35593 [26OC]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, 35593 [26OC]

———Pennsylvania legislators, 35601, 35607 [26OC]

St. Georges, DE, replacement bridge: Senator Burdick, 36153 [27OC]

———Senators Biden and Thurmond, 36154 [27OC]

Status of project connecting St. Paul, MN and St. Louis, MO: Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 27252 [3OC]

Transfer operation of Highway 82 bridge to Mississippi and Arkansas: T.D. Larson, Federal Highway Administration, 24671 [17SE]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 2933 [28FE], 15338 [21JN], 16436 [28JN]

California, 28137 [9OC]

Hawaii, 10265 [14MY], 14110 [14JN], 15466 [25JN], 16436 [28JN]

Louisiana, 16185, 16186 [28JN], 18205 [19JY]

Tennessee, 8715 [30AP]

Virginia, 8070 [24AP], 13263 [6JN], 14225, 14226 [14JN]

Motions

Route 66 Study Act: enact (S. 963), pass in lieu of H.R. 3493, 20753 [31JY]

Petitions

American Public Transit Association, 28007 [7OC]

District of Columbia City Council, 1552 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Advertising: limit outdoor promotions adjacent to interstate and other primary highways (H.R. 3389), 18471 [20JY]

American Coalition for Traffic Safety: findings on seat belt usage, 6821 [4AP]

Appalachian Region: authorizing appropriations for roads and highways (H.R. 5108), 15064 [21JN], 15349 [22JN]

Bridges: inspection technology, 9909 [9MY]

Budget: exclusion of Social Security, highway, and airport and airway trust funds from deficit calculation (H.R. 3974), 1691 [7FE]

———funding for U.S. infrastructure, 9204 [2MY]

Bush, President: transportation policy, 6263 [3AP]

District of Columbia: traffic control, 2112 [21FE]

Drug abuse: link highway grants to prosecution of drug criminals, 17240-17245 [12JY]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System: designate (S. 2806), 28401, 28402 [10OC]

Government trust funds: off-budget treatment (H.R. 5315), 18472 [20JY]

Greenville, MS: transfer operation of Highway 82 bridge to Mississippi and Arkansas (S. 3062), 32419 [22OC], 32420 [25OC]

Hazardous substances: analyses of transportation incidents (H.R. 584), 35948 [26OC]

History: study to commemorate Route 66 (H.R. 3493), 20382, 20458 [30JY]

———study to commemorate Route 66 (H.R. 3493), pass S. 963 in lieu, 20753 [31JY]

Infrastructure: investment, 3468-3471 [6MR]

———national policy for rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 362), 23049 [3AU], 26599-26606 [28SE]

Insurance: automobile coverage (H. Res. 356), 4043 [8MR]

National Safety Leader Award: tribute to recipients, 14279 [14JN]

National Transportation Defense Week: observance, 9937 [9MY]

Pennsylvania Turnpike: designated National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, 25285 [21SE]

Public works: impact of funding on productivity, 28459 [11OC]

Route 66 Study Act: enact (S. 963), 20753 [31JY]

Shawnee Parkway, WV: establish as a unit of National Park Service (H.R. 4802), 10116 [10MY]

Surface Transportation Act: reauthorization, 4261 [13MR]

Taxation: State and local government responsibilities, 6616, 6617, 6620 [4AP]

Toll highways: construction of new (H.R. 4326), 4728 [20MR], 4946 [21MR]

Transportation: amend certain provisions relative to motor carriers (H.R. 4261), 4330 [14MR]

———authorize use of rights-of-way along Federal-aid highways for the construction of transportation systems (H.R. 3714), 3259 [1MR]

———authorizing appropriations for highway, mass transit, and aviation programs (H.R. 5489), 23044 [3AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5457), 23067 [3AU]

———infrastructure programs, 35207 [26OC]

———national policy, 3839, 3840, 3843, 3851 [8MR], 4048, 4051 [8MR], 4237 [12MR], 4322 [13MR], 4352-4354 [14MR], 4745 [21MR], 27627 [4OC]

———reauthorization legislation, 10658 [16MY]

———toll road, bridge, and tunnel infrastructure (H.R. 4902), 12528, 12564 [24MY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska Highway: anniversary (S. Res. 343), 34038 [25OC]

Appalachian Region: authorizing appropriations for roads and highways (S. 2752), 14560 [19JN]

Appropriations: highway trust fund formula, 29606 [16OC]

Avenue of the Saints: construction project, 2355 [22FE]

Budget: increase and extend highway related taxes and trust fund, 30284-30300 [17OC]

Darby, Harry: dedication of interstate 635, 25915 [26SE]

Delaware River: restrictions on eminent domain powers relative to bridges between New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S. 2066), 1162 [5FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Forest Service road budget, 33188, 33189, 33199-33211 [23OC], 33488 [24OC]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System: designate (S. 2806), 16444 [28JN], 27493 [4OC]

Fayetteville, NC: allow vehicular traffic other than buses to use Hay Street (S. 3201), 28937 [12OC]

Federal aid programs: mass transit requirement, 36403 [27OC]

Federal-aid highway: increase minimum allocation percentage (S. Res. 340), 29091, 29092, 29095 [15OC]

Federal-Aid Highway System: expense of the Highway Trust Fund surplus (S. 2013), 192 [23JA]

Forest Service: reduce appropriations for road construction and reallocate to other activities, 33171-33185 [23OC]

Greenville, MS: transfer operation of Highway 82 bridge to Mississippi and Arkansas (S. 3062), 24671 [17SE], 27492 [4OC]

Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act: enact (S. 2318), 5159 [22MR]

Interactive Highway Vehicle System Act: enact (S. 2528), 8505 [26AP]

Midwest region: authorizing appropriations (S. 2894), 19045, 19046 [24JY]

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: construction of a demonstration project to St. Louis, MO (S. 2299), 4668 [20MR]

Mothers Against Drunk Driving: anniversary, 20969 [1AU]

Motor vehicles: authorize EPA to encourage the removal of certain model year vehicles from use (S. 2049), 1064 [1FE]

———make the 65-mile-per-hour speed limit demonstration project permanent (S. 3147), 26728 [1OC]

National Highway Fatality and Injury Reduction Act: enact (S. 1007), 6894 [5AP], 22916 [3AU]

National Infrastructure Council Act: enact (S. 2046), 960, 962 [31JA], 8803 [30AP]

North Carolina: replacement of storm damaged bridges, 36400 [27OC]

Pennsylvania: dedicated transit tax, 35592, 35608 [26OC]

Petroleum: deposit all increased motor fuel taxes into the Highway Trust Fund, 30668 [18OC]

Public works: status of project connecting St. Paul, MN and St. Louis, MO, 27252 [3OC]

Rapid City, SD: feasibility study on an expressway to Scottsbluff, NE (S. 2926), 19643 [26JY]

Route 66 Study Act: enact (S. 963), 24474 [13SE]

Rural areas: decay, 4094 [9MR]

Scottsbluff, NE: feasibility study on an expressway to Rapid City, SD (S. 2926), 19643 [26JY]

St. Louis, MO: construction of a demonstration project to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (S. 2299), 4668 [20MR]

Taxation: revise fuel allocation formula, 30333-30346 [17OC]

Tourist trade: develop as a multipurpose land use of public lands (S. 3261), 35851 [26OC]

Transportation: establish national policy (S. Res. 263), 4001 [8MR]

———national policy, 3939 [8MR], 4094, 4197 [9MR], 5426 [27MR]

Transportation Investment and Trust Act: enact (S. 3001), 23325 [4AU]

Utah: Car and Driver selection of U.S. 89 and State Road 12, 2939 [28FE]

Virginia: surface transportation conference, 4900 [21MR]

Visual Pollution Control Act: enact (S. 2500), 8078, 8079 [24AP]

———enact (S. 2500), referral, 19089 [24JY]

Reports

Michigan Coalition for Safety Belt Use Statistics, 6821 [4AP]

Reports filed

Conservation and Development of Water Resources and Improvements in the Nation's Infrastructure: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2740) (S. Rept. 101-333), 14230 [14JN]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2806), 25918 [26SE]

Necessity of National Policy To Rebuild Infrastructure of U.S.: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Con. Res. 362) (H. Rept. 101-759), 26175 [26SE]

Off-Budget Treatment for Highway, Airport and Airway Trust Funds and Social Security Trust Funds: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5315) (H. Rept. 101-934), 33824 [24OC]

Study to Commemorate Route 66: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3493) (H. Rept. 101-637), 20548 [30JY]

Transfer Operation of Highway 82 Bridge at Greenville, MS, to Mississippi and Arkansas: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 3062), 25918 [26SE]

Use of Rights-of-Way Along Federal-Aid Highways for Transportation Systems: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 221) (S. Rept. 101-404), 20663 [31JY]

Visual Pollution Control Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2500) (S. Rept. 101-532), 29609 [16OC]

Reports to constituents

Traxler, Bob: Rebuilding America's Infrastructure—a Two-Pronged Battle, 6067 [29MR]

Statements

Forest Service's Road Construction Funds Reallocation: Dept. of Agriculture, 33176, 33177 [23OC]

Interstate Highway System: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16444 [28JN]

Road Construction Funding: several Senators, 33207 [23OC]

Summaries

Visual Pollution Control Act (S. 2500), 8080 [24AP]

Tables

Appalachian development highway system 1987 cost estimate—eligible sections adjusted to Sept. 30, 1989, 14560 [19JN], 15350 [22JN]

Deteriorating highways and bridges, by State, 852 [30JA]

Federal highway trust fund receipts through fiscal year 1988, 14560 [19JN], 15350 [22JN]

Highway obligational authority, by State, 23328 [4AU]

Impacts of 55% reduction in the forest road program, by State, 33202 [23OC]

Senator Fowler amendment to H.R. 5769, relative to Forest Service's road construction funds, 33172 [23OC]

State highway fund apportionments from gas tax increase 1991-1995, 30272 [17OC]

Testimonies

Surface Transportation: L. Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia, 4900-4902 [21MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 362, national policy for rebuilding infrastructure, 26599 [28SE]

H.R. 3493, Route 66 Study Act, 20382 [30JY]

H.R. 4326, construction of new toll highways, 4728 [20MR]

S. 963, Route 66 Study Act, 20753 [31JY]

S. 2013, expense of the Highway Trust Fund surplus for the Federal-Aid Highway System, 192 [23JA]

S. 2046, National Infrastructure Council Act, 961 [31JA]

S. 2049, authorize EPA to encourage the removal of certain model year motor vehicles from use, 1065 [1FE]

S. 2066, restrictions on eminent domain powers relative to bridges over the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 1163 [5FE]

S. 2318, Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act, 5160 [22MR]

S. 2500, Visual Pollution Control Act, 8079 [24AP]

S. 2528, Interactive Highway Vehicle System Act, 8505 [26AP]

S. 2806, Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, 16446 [28JN], 27494 [4OC], 28402 [10OC]

S. 2894, authorizing appropriations for Midwest region's roads system, 19046 [24JY]

S. 2926, feasibility study on an expressway between Scottsbluff, NE, and Rapid City, SD, 19643 [26JY]

S. 3001, Transportation Investment and Trust Act, 23326 [4AU]

S. 3062, transfer operation of Highway 82 bridge to Greenville, Mississippi and Arkansas, 32419 [22OC]

S. 3062, transfer operation of Highway 82 bridge to Mississippi and Arkansas, 24672 [17SE], 27492 [4OC]

S. 3147, make the 65-mile-per-hour speed limit demonstration project permanent, 26728 [1OC]

S. 3261, Federal Rural Tourism and Recreational Development Initiative Act, 35851 [26OC]

S. Res. 263, national transportation policy, 4001 [8MR]

S. Res. 340, increase Federal-aid highway program's minimum allocation percentage, 29091 [15OC]

S. Res. 343, anniversary of Alaska Highway, 33992, 34039 [25OC]