Issue / Federal Governance
Tolling in Japan: Should the U.S. Follow Its Lead?
Aug 01, 2014 | Ann HeneberyBy Micah Himmel Toll roads serve an important role in ensuring regional and national mobility in Japan, which has a lengthy history of...
Crude Oil by Rail: The Industry is Changing
Jul 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY STEVEN R. DITMEYER Adjunct Professor of Railway Management, Michigan State University An old adage says the railroad industry is...
Infrastructure in the United States: The Dangers of Living Below Our Means
Jul 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY LESLIE BLAKEY President & Executive Director, Coalition for America's Gateways & Trade Corridors Infrastructure was at...
The Federal Role in Aviation
Jun 25, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONCongress continues to do very little as we head toward the midterm election, but one issue that continues to come up is that of...
The U.S. Export-Import Bank: A Government Agency Worth Fighting For
May 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY REBECCA UFKES Executive Vice President, UEC Electronics America plays a vital role in global transportation, both as a service...
The Road From SAFETEA-LU to GROW AMERICA
May 25, 2014 | Emil FrankelLast week we saw the first Administration-authored, publicly released surface transportation bill since 2003. In examining the arc of...
Federal Prohibitions on Toll Roads, How They Got There, and How the GROW AMERICA Act Proposes to Change Them
May 06, 2014 | Jeff DavisMay 6, 2014 Let’s just say that Congress has been having this debate for a really long time. The first law providing federal...
America’s Infrastructure Crisis Isn’t Overstated
Mar 24, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY BRIAN PALLASCH Managing Director of Government Relations and Infrastructure Initiatives American Society of Civil...
Yapping at 35,000 Feet: Should There be a Limit to Personal Electronic Freedom in the Air?
Mar 24, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY CASSIDY If you travel by air as much as I do, I am sure you cannot help but notice how angst- ridden many passengers become when...
The Challenge of National Freight Policy: How to Pay For It?
Jan 24, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION2014 could be the year that a national freight policy begins to take focus in a new authorization bill. There have been several...
2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2013 | Jeff Davis2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index January 2013 January 16, 2013 issue January 21, 2013 update ...
Labor Day on the Roads, Thanksgiving in the Skies
Dec 26, 2013 | Carter TempletonBY ROGER DOW President and CEO, U.S. Travel Association Last weekend millions of Americans struggled to get where they wanted to go...