[3] It argues that revenue from federal US fuel taxes should be used to fund major highway projects and programs.
[2] The organization was founded as the 'National Highway Users Conference' in 1932 by Alfred P. Sloan Jr., then president of General Motors, and other industry leaders.
[10] The new President and CEO, William D. Fay, said that the organization would be "dedicated to more successful and aggressive issue advocacy" on behalf of the highway community.
[12] In 2004, Greg Cohen, formerly staff to the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee became the new President and CEO.
It was member of the Global Climate Coalition which operated between 1989 and 2002 and which 'vigorously opposed' the Kyoto Protocol.