The left-hand shoulders of I-35W between Burnsville and downtown Minneapolis will turn into toll lanes, thanks to $133 million from U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) privateers who’ve given national transportation…
Rep. Jim Oberstar, D- Minn., has delivered a strongly worded letter to National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker for announcing the cause of the…
The Rules Committee of the Minnesota state Senate has approved $250,000 for a joint committee investigation of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The House is expected to follow suit and approve an additional $250,000 for…
Cross-posted from Eric Black Ink
OK, President Bush and U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar didn’t directly address these comments to one another, but they might as well have, and although Bush’s complaints about congressional pork projects may have…
It’s never been an ambition of mine to master the ways and means of transportation finance. And I certainly have not. But at the moment, if the collapse of the 35W bridge is to be the takeoff point…
Nick Coleman’s second column on the topic was correct. The bridge collapse will be politicized. Democrats will cite it (already have) as evidence of what happens when your answer to every question is “no new taxes,” and…
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