Letters

AAA remains committed to advancing solutions to meet the transportation challenges of the future. AAA will use every opportunity to express our views and positions on the critical issues facing the nation’s policymakers to influence the debate.

AAA President and CEO Robert L. Darbelnet urges members of the Surface Transportation Authorization Conference Committee to stay at the table and work towards an agreement on a transportation bill.
AAA joins transportation stakeholders in a letter to transportation conferees ensuring transparency on public-private-partnerships.
Roadway fatalities and serious injuries continue their downward trend – yet more than 32,000 individuals are still losing their lives on our roadways every year.
AAA believes that requiring EOBRs will have positive safety benefits for all road users traveling on the nation’s highway and hopes that this important safety provision is included in the transportation bill.
AAA President and CEO Robert Darbelnet urges Congress to work in a bipartisan manner to pass the transportation bill. »
Keep the User Fee Principle »

AAA urges the Super Committee to retain the user fee principle and reiterates its support for a gas tax increase, provided it’s tied to a significantly restructured transportation program.
AAA Senate Transportation Extension Letter »

AAA supports the efforts of Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer to implement a clean program extension at current funding levels.
AAA calls on President Obama to support increased transportation investment »
Opposition to Transportation Cuts in FY 11 budget »

AAA is opposed to the massive transportation program cuts outlined in the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2011 continuing resolution (CR) legislation. As written, the CR would cut transportation by a dramatic 18% from the level proposed in the President’s FY 2011 budget request.
S. 3039, the “ROADS SAFE Act of 2011″ »

AAA supports more investment to help determine the feasibility, potential benefits and policy challenges associated with more widespread deployment of in-vehicle alcohol detection technology designed to prevent drunken driving.
Industry Letter in Support of User Fee System »

Maintaining the Highway Trust Fund’s integrity as a dedicated funding source for transportation improvements, will help ensure the “user fee” principle that has supported the system for more than fifty years.