{"id":203719532,"date":"2011-06-16T20:45:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T20:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=203719532"},"modified":"2011-06-16T20:45:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T20:45:32","slug":"fix-it-first-bill-introduced-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=203719532","title":{"rendered":"Fix-It-First Bill Introduced in Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from Streetsblog New York City by Angie Schmitt<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Highway maintenance has been getting short shrift in state budgets, according to a recent report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartgrowthamerica.org\/repair-priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Growth America<\/a>. But a bill introduced in the Senate today seeks to address the imbalance between road construction and maintenance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:246px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dc.streetsblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cardin-headshot-color-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"cardin-headshot-color-1\" src=\"https:\/\/dc.streetsblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cardin-headshot-color-1-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maryland Senator Ben Cardin has introduced legislation that would help address the imbalance in funding for highway maintenance versus construction. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/cardin.senate.gov\/about\/ben\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Ben Cardin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maryland Senator Ben Cardin\u2019s Preservation and Renewal of Federal-Aid Highways Act would require states to develop targets for road maintenance. It would also give USDOT authority to establish and hold states to standards for \u201cstate of good repair\u201d on federal highways.<\/p>\n<p>Smart growth advocates and transportation reformers applauded the announcement today, saying it would help put the country back on a sustainable, fiscally responsible path.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dc.streetsblog.org\/2011\/06\/15\/fix-it-first-bill-introduced-in-senate\/\">https:\/\/dc.streetsblog.org\/2011\/06\/15\/fix-it-first-bill-introduced-in-senate\/<\/a>oldId.20110616204532147<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Streetsblog New York City by Angie Schmitt Highway maintenance has been getting short shrift in state budgets, according to a recent report from Smart Growth America. But a bill introduced in the Senate today seeks to address the imbalance between road construction and maintenance. Maryland Senator Ben Cardin has introduced legislation that would help &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=203719532\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fix-It-First Bill Introduced in Senate&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203719532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203719532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203719532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203719532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203719532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203719532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203719532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}