Issue / Commuter Rail
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...
Mass Transit Financing Corporation Act – 1960 Version
Jun 24, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThis is the bill H.R. 10808 of the 86th Congress, one of a series of identical bills introduced in March 1960 based on draft...
1958 Mass Transit Financing Corporation Act
Jun 24, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThis is the text of the bill H.R. 11816 of the 85th Congress, introduced in the House of Representatives on April 1, 1958 by Rep....
Guest Op-Ed: The Lessons of Measure M: How to Fix the Subway
Jun 22, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONJune 19, 2018 As New York struggles to fix the subway and several proposals are circulating, a close look at what Los Angeles is...