Issue / Commuter Rail
FY20 New Starts Report Still Rates Gateway Projects Medium-Low, Making Them Ineligible for Federal Funding
Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 15, 2019 As part of the Trump Administration's fiscal 2020 budget (slow your) rollout, the Federal Transit Administration this...
Op-Ed: Remembering George H.W. Bush and the ADA
Dec 07, 2018 | Alice GrossmanDecember 5, 2018 As the nation paused for the funeral of President George Herbert Walker Bush, his lasting mark on our...
Op-Ed: Addressing the Current and Future Challenges of Public Transit
Oct 26, 2018 | Paul LewisOctober 25, 2018 Last week I was invited to speak at and participate in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Public Transportation Conference and...
NJ Transit “Working Diligently” Toward PTC Deadline, but has Miles to Go
Oct 05, 2018 | Alexander LaskaOctober 3, 2018 Three months from a statutory December 31 deadline, New Jersey Transit told the Senate Commerce Committee at a...
Eno Releases Study of Chinese Railcar Issue
Sep 28, 2018 | Alexander LaskaSeptember 28, 2018 The Eno Center for Transportation on September 26 released a new study, The Implications of the Federal Ban on...
The Implications of the Federal Ban on Chinese Railcars
Sep 26, 2018 | Jeff DavisThe “trade war” between the United States and China continues to play out on the global stage. While it does, a seemingly benign...
As PTC Deadline Approaches, Focus Turns to Interoperability
Sep 14, 2018 | Alexander LaskaSeptember 14, 2018 As the December 31 deadline to fully implement positive train control (PTC) or else qualify for an alternative...
FRA Announces $204M in PTC Grants as New Reporting Shows Progress Towards Meeting Deadline
Aug 24, 2018 | Jeff Davis and Alexander LaskaAugust 24, 2018 This week, the Federal Railroad Administration announced the recipients of $203.7 million in fiscal year 2018 grants...
Defense Authorization Bill Contains Transit, Aviation, Maritime Provisions
Jul 27, 2018 | Alexander LaskaJuly 27, 2018 Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the final conference report version of the fiscal 2019 National Defense...
AAR Lawsuit Against Amtrak/FRA On-Time Performance Metrics
Jul 25, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThis is the original lawsuit by the Association of American Railroads, filed in August 2011, against the joint Amtrak/FRA metrics for...
May 2017 US District Court Opinion in AAR v. DOT
Jul 25, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThis is the March 23, 2017 opinion of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the seemingly never-ending case of...
What’s the Purpose of Mass Transit? – Part 1
Jun 27, 2018 | Jeff DavisJune 29, 2018 What’s the point of mass transit? The question sounds flippant, but from the perspective of the federal role in...