BNA's Web Watch - Congestion Pricing

This week's topics:
Economic Stimulus

527 Political Organizations

Agriculture Outlook

Alternative Minimum Tax - AMT (January 2007)

Alternative Minimum Tax

Antibiotic Use in Animals and its Impact on Human Resistance to Bacteria

Asbestos: Litigation and Legislation

Avian Flu and Emergency Preparedness (November 2005)

Aviation Industry Issues

Aviation Security

Bankruptcy Law May 2005

Biofuels (October 2007)

Biotechnology and Food Safety

Broadband Infrastructure (December 2007)

Business Activity Taxes

Budget Deficits

BSE/Mad Cow Disease

Campaign Finance Tools

California Greenhouse Gases and CAFE (September 2005)

Chemical Plant Security (April 2007)

Chemical Plant Security

China's Currency

Clean Water Act: Water Quality (October 2007)

Climate Change 2007

Clinical Drug Trials

Community-Owned Networks

Competitive Sourcing

Congestion Pricing

Consumer Credit: Credit Reports and Credit Scoring

Consumer Safety/ Food Safety/Import Safety

Corporate Taxes

Country-of-Origin Food Labeling

Cyber Security January 2006

Data Quality Final Rules

Data Security Breaches

Digital Software Piracy

Digital Television

Disability Insurance

Drinking Water Safety & Infrastructure

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising

Drug Re-Importation

E-Health/Information Technology

Economic Stimulus January 2008

Economic Stimulus Proposals

Education and Economic Growth

E-Health Information Technology

Election 2008: Democratic Presidential Candidates

Election 2008: Republican Presidential Candidates

Electronic Voting (September 2006)

Eminent Domain (August 2005)

Employee Monitoring/Workplace Privacy

Endangered Species (2005)

Employer-Based Health Care

Endangered Species

Electronic Voting

Emergency National Preparedness

Energy Efficiency/Conservation October 2005

Energy Efficiency

European Union Chemicals Policy

European Union Resources

Executive Compensation (January 2006)

Executive Order: 13422 (November 2007)

Farm Bill and Conservation

Farm Credit and the Horizon's Project

FDA Regulation of Tobacco

FERC - Standards Market Design and Structure

Financial Privacy

Economic Costs of Flu Pandemic (April 2006)

Farm Labor (November 2007)

Food Safety and Security Post 911

Food Quality Protection Act (August 2006)

Foreign-Controlled American Debt (July 2006)

Foreign Workers: H-1B Visas

Forest Management Issues

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

Free Trade Agreements - Economic Value of (January 2006)

The Future of Employer-Based Health Benefits (December 2005)

G8 Summit June 1-3, 2003

G8 Summit Gleneagles, Scotland July 6-8, 2005

GASB 45: State and Local Governments: Post Employment Benefits (March 2006)

GSEs - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Global Warming 2005

Government Contractors (October 2007)

Government Contractors and Role in Federal Government

Government Contracts and Katrina (February 2006)

Government Openness

Hague Convention

Health Care Costs for Employers, Governments, Private Consumers(September 2005)

Health Care Informatics/Health Care Information Technology

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) (February 2006)

Health Care Quality

Homeland Security and the Federal Workforce

Human Research Subjects

ICANN - Internet Governance (November 2005)

Identity Theft December 2007

Identity Theft Update 2005

Immigration: Guest Worker Program

Immigration and the United States Economy (November 2005)

Immigration Reform Issues (March 2006)

Income Inequality and Tax Reform (June 2007)

Income Inequality

Intellectual Property

International Trade Agreements: Textiles

Internet Gambling

Internet Privacy

Internet Sales Tax

Invasive Species

Jobless Recovery

Liquid Natural Gas

Lobbying Reform (November 2007)

Lobbying Reform (May 2006)

Managed Care, Hospitals, & Physicians Contracts

Meat and Poultry Inspections

Media Ownership Regulations (July 2006)

Media Ownership

Medical Malpractice April 2007

Medical Malpractice December 2004 Updated

Medical Malpractice

Medicare Part D

Mercury Emissions

Multi-Pollutant Emissions

Mutual Fund Trading Practices Scandal and Fee Issues

Nanotechnology and Safety (December 2005)

News Source Review (March 2007)

National Flood Insurance Reform

Net Neutrality (Updated June 2006)

Net Neutrality (February 2006)

New Source Review (March 2007)

New Source Review Pending Investigations

New Source Review

Nuclear Waste/Yucca Mountain (October 2006)

Obesity and Public Policy

Occupational Safety and Literacy

Offshore Oil Drilling

Oil Royalties Program

OMB and Federal Regulations

Organic Pesticides

Outsourcing Issues

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Overtime Pay

Particulate Pollution

Patent Reform (June 2007)

Patent Reform (March 2007)

Patent Reform (June 2005)

Peak Oil Debate (December 2005)

Patent Reform (August 2006)

Pension Security Issues

Pipeline safety (Septebmer 2006)

Port Security (March 2006)

Presidential Candidates 2004

Prescription Drug Costs

Privacy & Surveillance

RFID - Radio Frequency Identification (April 2006)

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Reauthorizing a Federal Job Training Program - Workforce Investment Act

Regional Economies

Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH)

Regulatory Accounting

Reports and Studies on the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003

Sarbanes-Oxley and Small Business May 2006

Sarbanes-Oxley: Section 404 (May 2005)

SCHIP - State Children's Health Insurance Program

Sentencing Guidelines

Shareholder Activism and Corporate Responsibility

Small Business Disaster Relief and SBA Loans

Social Security - Individual Retirement Accounts

Social Security Reform - Price Indexing

Software Piracy (June 2006)

Software Piracy

SPAM - Unsolicited E-mails

Spyware (April 2006)

Stock Option Expensing

Spectrum Management

State/Regional Economies

Steel Tariff Issues

Sub Prime Mortgages

Stem Cells, Cloning

Superfund Sites

Supreme Court Nominee: Harriet Miers

Supreme Court Nominee: John Roberts

Supreme Court Nominee: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Tax Gap / Tax Compliance (April 2006)

Tax Payer's Bill of Rights

Tax Reform/Tax Simplification February 2005

Technology Transfer

Terror Financing

Terrorism Insurance

Total Maximum Daily Loads

Toxic Release Inventory (May 2006)

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines

Transportation Infrastructure (August 2007)

U.S. Competitiveness (March 2006)

Vaccination/Public Health

VOIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol

Voter Identification Laws

Water Infrastructure/Water Security

Workplace Safety May 2006

Workplace Safety

Congestion Pricing

August 2007

BNA's Web Watch is prepared by Laura Gordon-Murnane. E-mail suggestions for future weekly topics always welcome.

Federal Government
Congressional Hearings
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (Thursday, June 7, 2007)
Witnesses
Panel 1
The Honorable Jeffrey N. Shane
The Honorable J. Richard Capka
The Honorable James S. Simpson

Dr. Timothy J. Lomax
Ms. Peggy Catlin
Mr. Craig Stone

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Public Interest Concerns of Public-Private Partnerships (June 4, 2007)
Letter – Public- Private Partnership

Subcommittee on Highways and Transit - Public Private Partnerships: State and User Perspecitives (Thursday, May 24, 2007)
SUMMARY OF SUBJECT MATTER

Witness Testimonies
Panel 1
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell

Panel 2
The Honorable Alan Lowenthal

The Honorable Terri J. Austin

Panel 3
Mr. Bill Graves

Mr. Todd Spencer

Mr. Greg Cohen

Mr. Michael Replogle

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Full Committee - Climate Change & Energy Independence: Transportation & Infrastructure Issues
(May 16, 2007)
SUMMARY OF SUBJECT MATTER
Video of Chairman's Opening Statement

Opening Statements
Chairman James L. Oberstar

Witness Testimonies
Panel 1
Mr. Jonathan Lash
Mr. William Millar
Mr. Edward Hamberger
Mr. Andy D. Clarke
Mr. Edward Hall
Mr. Tom Rader

Panel 2
Mr. R.K. Stewart FAIA
Mr. William Prindle
The Honorable Jeff Harris
Mr. Chris O'Brien

Panel 3
Mr. Jim May
Mr. Greg Principato
Mr. Michael McQuade
Mr. Richard L. Altman

Panel 4
Dr. Gerald E. Galloway
Mr. Brian Richter
Mr. Alf W. Brandt
Mr. Steve Fitzgerald
Ms. Linda Strout

Government Accountability Office
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION - Strategies Are Available for Making Existing Road Infrastructure Perform Better (July 2007)

Department of Transportation
National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America’s Transportation Network (March 2007)

Tool for Rush-hour User Charge Evaluation (TRUCE)

Federal Highway Administration
Congestion Pricing: A Primer

Case Studies Transportation Public-Private Partnerships in United States: Final Report Work Order 05-002 (July 7, 2007)

Current Toll Road Activity in the U.S.: A Survey and Analysis (August 2006)

Department of Transportation - Intelligent Transportation Systems
London congestion pricing annual O&M costs are estimated at £92 million (January 2006) 06/29/2007

Nongovernment Organizations

American Roads & Transportation Builders Association
The Nation’s Highway and Transit Investment Needs through 2015 An Analysis of the U.S. DOT 2006 Report on Conditions and Performance of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges and Mass Transit Systems -- In Preparation for SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization Prepared by William R. Buechner, Ph.D. Vice President, Economics and Research (April 2, 2007)

California Center for Innovative Transportation at the University of California at Berkeley and Caltrans
Congestion Pricing