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.
St. Louis Pulls Bid to Privatize its Airport
Jan 24, 2020 | Robert PuentesIn the late 1990s, the St. Louis Lambert International Airport was the nation's 15th-largest, with more traffic than Seattle-Tacoma,...
Local Institutional Reform as Catalyst for the Mobility Future
Jan 24, 2020 | Jacob TzegaegbeIn February 2019, 24 transportation leaders, scholars, and executives convened for an Eno and Reason Foundation three-day workshop on...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 27, 2020
Jan 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisTuesday, January 28 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – Subcommittee on Transportation and Security – subcommittee...
Pelosi Promises Rollout of Infrastructure Initiative Week of Jan. 27
Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in her weekly press conference yesterday that House Democrats would roll out their long-awaited...
Comparing the Transportation Plans of the 5 Leading Democratic Candidates
Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisWith one month to go until the February 19 infrastructure debate in Las Vegas for presidential candidates, where do the leading...
Takeaways from the Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting
Jan 17, 2020 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThis week, 14,000 transportation researchers and practitioners convened in Washington, DC for the Transportation Research Board annual...
Updated HTF Forecast From CBO Due Jan. 28
Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office will release its annual Budget and Economic Outlook report at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January...
USDOT Solicits Applications for $906M in FY20 INFRA Grants by Feb. 25
Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that the available amount of competitive INFRA grant funding for fiscal year...
House to Consider $1.25 Billion in FHWA Emergency Relief Appropriations Week of Jan. 27
Jan 16, 2020 | Jeff DavisHouse Democratic leaders today announced that the House will consider a $3.35 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill the...
Guest Op-Ed: Less Spectrum Means Less Safety
Jan 16, 2020 | Shailen BhattWe rarely hear about the 37,000 people who die every year on our roads. The statistics are staggering, which is a big part of the...
Study Commissioned by Congress Recommends Increasing Airport PFC Cap by $3 per Passenger
Jan 16, 2020 | Jeff DavisA new study from the RAND Corporation, commissioned by Congress in 2018, recommends that the statutory maximum passenger facility...
Webinar: Making the Grade: MDOT MTA’s Core Bus Performance Monitoring Program
Feb 06, 2020 | Madeline GormanFollowing the 2017 launch of BaltimoreLink, a complete network redesign of the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit...