Issue / Amtrak
Senate Panel Approves Water Resources Bill, May Be Combined With Highway Bill On Senate Floor
May 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisOn May 6, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee gave its unanimous approval to two water infrastructure bills, which may be...
Senate Panel Holds Highly Anticipated Hearing on Aviation and COVID
May 08, 2020 | Robert PuentesOn May 6, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on “The State of the Aviation Industry:...
APTA Asks For Another $24 Billion in COVID Relief for Transit Providers
May 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the American Public Transportation Association asked Congress to appropriate an additional $23.8 billion in...
BLS Releases Gruesome April Jobs Report; Some Transportation Sectors Largely Spared
May 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisAt 8:30 a.m. this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the U.S. employment totals for April 2020. As expected, the news...
FTA Clarifies Scope of Chinese Transit Rolling Stock Ban
May 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Transit Administration has released a FAQ document explaining to transit operators the effects of the federal law that will...
COVID Costs: $500 Billion in Discretionary Appropriations (And Counting)
May 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which has found it difficult to analyze new spending legislation day-to-day while its...
HTF Revenue Drop in April Not As Bad As Feared
May 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisEarlier today, the Treasury Department released the cash flow totals for April 2020 for federal trust fund accounts, including the...
‘Death spiral.’ Pandemic threatens future of mass transit
May 06, 2020 | Brianne EbySenior Policy Analyst Brianne Eby discusses how taking steps to protect both riders and transit employees is critical for bringing...
Distribution of $50 Billion in Aid to State DOTs Under Two Scenarios
May 05, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a two-page PDF file, containing two tables. The first table shows how much money each state raised in dedicated tax revenues...
Webinar: Transportation Cybersecurity: Understanding Risks and Creating a Culture of Security
May 19, 2020 | Madeline GormanEssential transportation technologies, such as connected vehicles, tolling payment systems, back office systems, and road side units,...
How Should Congress Distribute Funding for State Transportation Revenue Replacement?
May 05, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe novel coronavirus's suppression of demand for transportation and commerce is having significant effects on tax revenues at all...
New CBO Economic Forecast Questions Need for Multi-Year Stimulus
May 01, 2020 | Jeff DavisOne of the remarkable things about the coronavirus-induced economic crisis is just how fast things are happening. The Congressional...