January 25, 2012 to the MEMBERS of the UNITED STATES HOUSE
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January 25, 2012 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE AND SENATE: As Congress embarks on a new legislative session, we, the undersigned companies and organizations, urge you to Make Transportation Job #1 in 2012 and pass federal highway, transit and safety legislation that, at a minimum, maintains investment levels before the current law expires on March 31. The long-delayed reauthorization of federal highway and public transportation programs is a major piece of unfinished business that can provide a meaningful boost to the U.S. economy and its workers and already has broad-based support. To grow, the United States must invest. There are few federal efforts that rival the potential of critical transportation infrastructure investments for sustaining and creating jobs and economic activity over the short term. Maintaining—and ideally increasing—federal funding for road, bridge, public transportation and safety investments can sustain and create jobs and economic activity in the short-term, and improve America’s export and travel infrastructure, offer new economic growth opportunities, and make the nation more competitive over the long-term. Program reform would make the dollars stretch even further: reducing the time it takes transportation projects to get from start to finish, encouraging public-private partnerships and use of private capital, increasing accountability for using federal funds to address the highest priority needs, and spurring innovation and technology deployment. We recognize there are challenges in finding the resources necessary to adequately fund such a measure. However, with the economic opportunities that a well-crafted measure could afford and emerging political consensus for advancing such an effort, we believe it is time for all involved parties to come together and craft a final product. In 2011, political leaders—Republican and Democrat, House, Senate and the Administration—stated a multi-year surface transportation bill is important for job creation and economic recovery. We urge you to follow words with action: Make Transportation Job #1 and move legislation immediately in the House and Senate to invest in the roads, bridges, transit systems that are the backbone of the U.S. economy, its businesses large and small, and communities of all sizes. Sincerely, National Organizations AAA American Association of Port Authorities Alliance to Save Energy 1 American Association of State Highway and International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Transportation Officials Association American Bus Association International Union of Operating Engineers American Composites Manufacturers International Warehouse Logistics Association Association American Concrete Pavement Association Laborers International Union of North American Congress on Surveying and America Mapping Management Association for Private American Council of Engineering Photogrammetric Surveyors Companies Metropolitan Washington Road and American Foundry Society Transportation Builders Association American Highway Users Alliance Mobility 21 American Hotel & Lodging Association Motor & Equipment Manufacturers American Iron and Steel Institute Association American Moving & Storage Association NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate American Nursery & Landscape Association Development Association American Public Transportation Association National Alliance of Public Transportation American Rental Association Advocates American Road and Transportation Builders National Asphalt Pavement Association Association National Association of City Transportation American Society of Civil Engineers Officials American Traffic Safety Services National Association of Counties Association National Association of Waterfront Associated Equipment Distributors Employers Associated General Contractors of America National Construction Alliance II Association of Equipment Manufacturers National Demolition Association Association of Metropolitan Planning National Precast Concrete Association Organizations National Railroad Construction & Border Trade Alliance Maintenance Association Building America's Future National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Coalition for America’s Gateways & Trade National Retail Federation Corridors National Society of Professional Engineers Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance National Society of Professional Surveyors Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association Construction Management Association of Natural Resources Defense Council America North American Die Casting Association Council of State Governments Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Design Professionals Coalition Portland Cement Association Governors Highway Safety Association Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Institute of Transportation Engineers Reconnecting America Intelligent Transportation Society of Retail Industry Leaders Association America Smart Growth America Snack Food Association 2 The American Institute of Architects U.S. Travel Association The Eno Center for Transportation United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Transportation for America Joiners of America U.S. Chamber of Commerce Alabama Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama Alabama State Port Authority Good Hope Contracting Co., Inc. Amerex Corporation Jackson Paving & Construction Co, Inc. American Council of Engineering Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Companies of Alabama Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Birmingham Business Alliance North American Bus Industries Business Council of Alabama Vulcan Materials Company Alaska Alaska Mobility Coalition Associated General Contractors of Alaska Alaska Section of the American Society of Central Area Rural Transit System, Inc. Civil Engineers Connecting Ties, Inc. American Society of Civil Engineers Interior Alaska Bus Line Anchorage Branch Mat-Su Community Transit American Society of Civil Engineers Juneau Branch Arizona American Council of Engineering Northern Pima County Chamber of Companies of Arizona Commerce American Society of Civil Engineers Page/Lake Powell Chamber of Commerce Arizona Section Pavement Marking Inc. Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Prescott Chamber of Commerce Industry Ronan & Tagart, PLC Arizona Rock Products Association Ronningen Motors LLC Associated General Contractors of America Tempe Chamber of Commerce Arizona Chapter The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce Tucson Metropolitan Chamber Of Chandler Chamber of Commerce Commerce Woodson Engineering and Surveying, Inc 3 Arkansas American Council of Engineering Ash-Haulers, Inc. Companies of Arkansas Associated General Contractors of Arkansas Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association Bentonville / Bella Vista Chamber of Arkansas Chapter of the Associated General Commerce Contractors Phillips County Chamber of Commerce Arkansas Concrete Co. Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce Arkansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association California A. Teichert & Son, Inc. Hanson Bridgett LLP American Council of Engineering Kinetic Traction Systems Inc. Companies of California LightMoves Consulting Anil Verma Associates, Inc. Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority Asphalt Interlayer Association Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Associated General Contractors of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce California Los Angeles County Metropolitan Associated General Contractors San Diego Transportation Authority Barrier Systems, Inc Lumos & Associates BusStuf, Inc. National Cement Company, Inc. California Asphalt Pavement Association Nixon-Egli Equipment Co. California Chamber of Commerce Orange County Business Council California Commercial Asphalt, LLC Oxnard Chamber of Commerce California Construction and Industrial Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce Materials Association Parsons Corporation CalPortland Company Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board CHK America, Inc. Pinnacle Consulting City of Atascadero, California Psomas City of Salinas, California RGW Construction Cooley Const. Inc. Road-Tech Safety Services, Inc. Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. Safety Striping Service, Inc. DC Inspections, Inc. San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Engineering and Utility Contractors Agency Association (EUCA) San Joaquin Regional Transit District Fullerton Chamber of Commerce San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce Commerce Geosphere Consultants Inc. San Mateo County Transit District Ghilotti Bros., Inc. San Mateo County Transportation Authority Gillig LLC Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce and Granite Construction Incorporated Convention-Visitors Bureau 4 Sharon Greene + Associates The Lessler Group Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Solís Group Southern California Contractors Association TrafFix Devices, Inc. Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. TransTrack Systems Streetline, Inc. West Coast Aggregates Technicon Engineering Services, Inc. Colorado American Council of Engineering Colorado Contractors Association - AGC Companies of Colorado Colorado Stone, Sand & Gravel Association American Society of Civil Engineers LS Gallegos & Associates Inc Colorado Section Metro North Chamber of Commerce ARCADIS U.S., Inc. Orica USA Inc. Aurora Chamber of Commerce Talarico & Associates, Inc. Bobrick & Associates, Inc. The South Metro Denver Economic CH2M Hill Development Group City of Westminster, Colorado Transit Marketing Group, Inc Connecticut A&J Construction Connecticut Ready Mixed Concrete ADF Industries, Inc. Association AI Engineers, Inc. Connecticut Road Builders Association American Council of Engineering Connecticut