You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this article.

Congress passes surface transport bill

Intermodal

Monday, July 02, 2012

The U.S. House and Senate on Friday overwhelming approved a new surface transportation bill on that provides $105 billion for construction and safety programs through fiscal year 2014. The legislation's passage comes after Republican and Democratic negotiators in both chambers used creative accounting within the federal budget to shore up a projected gap of several billion dollars in the Highway Trust Fund and dropped demands on some key sticking points such as green-lighting ...

You have requested access to content only available to Registered Users of American Shipper. You can become a registered user for FREE. You will not have access to premium content.

Your registration to American Shipper is FREE and will provide you access to much of the content on the American Shipper Web site. You will not have access to Premium Content.

SUBSCRIBE NOW
Access to premium content, original reporting, research, and feature stories require a paid subscription. Subscriptions to American Shipper costs $120 a year. Your subscription includes unlimited access to content on the American Shipper Website, early access to the digital edition of the monthly magazine, and the daily AS+ premium newsletter published each morning.