America has always been a nation on the move. But an aging and crumbling transportation system is not only slowing Americans down, it’s reducing productivity, undermining our ability to move products across the country and around the world, and increasing congestion and air pollution.
Our transportation system is a tremendous national asset we’ve built up over generations. It has fueled economic growth, enhanced our competitiveness, and created a lot of good jobs. If well-maintained, it can continue to deliver outstanding benefits to all Americans.
America’s transportation system is badly in need of investment. But how do we pay for it?
The simplest, most effective short-term solution is to increase the gas tax, which hasn’t been raised since 1993, even as people drive less and cars become more fuel efficient. And what better time for a small, phased-in increase then when gas prices are tumbling at the pump? It’s a good investment for America, its citizens, and its businesses.
But Americans have every right to insist that any increase comes with guarantees that the money will be spent for its intended purposes, spent wisely on genuine priority projects, and will result in an improvement to our quality of life.
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to bear the entire burden—we need to remove barriers that prevent us from leveraging up to $250 billion in private capital for transportation projects.
Adequate funding is only one of the Chamber’s transportation priorities. We also support:
World air traffic will double every 12-15 years. More people will be needed to build, fly, and maintain new planes.
Join us for the 18th Annual Aviation Summit on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
The aviation industry is not resting on its laurels.
Deteriorating infrastructure hurts companies' bottom lines.
U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue opened the U.S. Chamber’s annual infrastructure summit today by outlining the clear need for infrastructure modernization and calling on Congress to seek a bipartisan way forward on the issue.
On February 5, 2019, the Chamber convened business leaders, policy makers, investors, innovators, developers, workforce leaders and other experts to discuss the modernization of America’s infrastructure.
155,000 jobs were created in November. The unemployment rate is 3.7%.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President for Transportation and Infrastructure Ed Mortimer issued the following statement today regarding the passage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act:
Forcing aviation users to pay for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) railway is not the right approach.
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C_TEC Submits Comments to DOT on Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0
Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (Docket No. DOT-OST-2018-0149) (“AV 3.0”).