Issue / Emissions
FTA Requests Public Input for 5-Year Research Plan
Aug 18, 2016 | Greg RogersAugust 18, 2016 As the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) develops its department-wide, five-year strategic research plan, the...
New Fuel Economy Rules for Trucks Will Affect HTF Finances
Aug 18, 2016 | Jeff DavisAugust 18, 2016 This week, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration jointly...
EPW Republican Letter to FHWA on GHG Measurement in Performance Rule
Aug 17, 2016 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONLetter signed by Senate Environment and Public Works chairman James Inhofe (R-OK) and five other Republican Senators filing public...
Guest Op-Ed: Greenhouse Emissions Must Be Measured for Highway System Performance
Aug 17, 2016 | Barbara BoxerGuest op-ed by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking minority member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. August 18,...
Autonomous Vehicles: Can They Improve Safety and Accelerate Environmental Progress?
Aug 10, 2016 | Howard LearnerAre autonomous vehicles the “next big thing” to transform our transportation system? If so, how soon, and what are the consequences...
FY16 TIGER and “Low-No” Bus Grants Are Being Announced
Jul 27, 2016 | Jeff DavisJuly 27, 2016 Per section 185 of the FY16 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, USDOT has to give the House and Senate...
Preparing Our Towns & Cities for a Fleet of Self-Driving Vehicles
Jul 27, 2016 | Kara KockelmanA substantial shift in transportation options is emerging, with various technologies advancing to market for connected and highly...
House Votes Preemptively Against Carbon, Crude Oil Taxes
Jun 15, 2016 | Jeff DavisJune 15, 2016 The U.S. House of Representatives took two non-binding votes last week rejecting future energy taxes, and the...
Senate Highway Rescission Could Have Diverse State, Program Effects
May 20, 2016 | Jeff DavisMay 20, 2016 The just-passed Senate appropriations bill for the U.S. Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2017 contains a...
FHWA Releases Highway & Bridge Performance Metrics
Apr 20, 2016 | Jeff DavisApril 20, 2016 On April 18, the Federal Highway Administration released the last (and largest) of the three rulemakings implementing...
FAST Act Reference Page
Mar 08, 2016 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION(This only covers information about the law itself and actions taken after its enactment on December 4, 2015. All information about the...
Meeting and Defeating Transportation and Climate Change Challenges
Feb 18, 2016 | Emil FrankelFalling gasoline prices and rising vehicle miles traveled (VMT) over the past 12 months have stimulated discussion about what these...