Issue / Aviation Safety
The first goal of any transportation agency is safety. Yet over 40,000 American die on the transportation system every year. New proposals for safer streets, better vehicle design, and crash avoidance technology are reshaping the narrative around safety in an effort to reverse the downward trend of transportation safety. Governments are also concerned about the security of the system. Terrorism, hacking, and international affairs can threaten the transportation systems that support the national economy.
Final FY20 Appropriations Agreement Reached
Dec 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees announced that they had reached a final agreement on the...
Senate Committee Approves Several Aviation Bills
Dec 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on December 11 approved five aviation-related pieces of legislation. War...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of December 15, 2019
Dec 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisMonday, December 15 – House Rules – full committee hearing to set rules for debate on the SALT tax deduction restoration bill and...
House Hearing Cites Faulty FAA Risk Calculations on 737 MAX
Dec 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisAnother hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week looked more deeply at decisions made by the...
Flying with Drone Regulations
Dec 12, 2019 | Ken DunlapAs the Eno Center for Transportation assesses the challenges of safely integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the airspace of...
GAO Issues New Reports on Essential Air Service, Airline Oversales
Dec 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe FAA reauthorization law enacted on October 5, 2018 mandated, by our count, 119 new studies or reports to be submitted to Congress,...
DOT Releases Updated Highway-Transit-Freight Conditions and Performance Report
Dec 11, 2019 | Jeff DavisA long-awaited new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation was quietly released last week (two years late) and indicates that...
Final Defense Bill Bans New Purchases of Mass Transit Vehicles from Chinese Companies – After 2-Year Delay
Dec 09, 2019 | Jeff DavisAfter weeks of delay, Congressional negotiators at 9:30 p.m. released the text of the final House-Senate conference agreement on the...
The Gas Tax Versus Inflation – Two Measures
Dec 09, 2019 | Jeff DavisHow much buying power has the federal gasoline tax lost over the years, and how have consumers felt past gasoline taxes in their daily...
Business groups that helped win Metro funding launch campaign to improve region’s bus service
Dec 09, 2019 | Robert PuentesRobert Puentes discusses how private-sector pressure was needed to achieve the D.C. metro's new funding goals.
FY20 Appropriations Negotiations at Critical Point
Dec 06, 2019 | Jeff DavisCongressional appropriators have reached tentative agreement on the funding-related issues of the fiscal year 2020 Transportation-HUD...
Building Environmental Collaborations While Funding Highways: An Innovation in Transportation Governance
Dec 06, 2019 | Martin WachsTransportation agencies have been trying for generations to fulfill their missions while doing as little environmental harm as...