AASHTO: Government Shutdown Could Cost Transportation Sector $100M per Day

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials estimates that a government shutdown would stop $100 million in transportation dollars a day from flowing into the national economy, reports Streetsblog.

Mar 1, 2011
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