Issue / Federal Governance
Backlash Against President’s Immigration Actions Threatens to Blow Up FY15 Omnibus
Nov 20, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 20, 2014 The staffs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have been working diligently for the last two weeks...
GAO Report Breaks Down FHWA Spending By Improvement Type
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 On October 9, the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report requested by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)...
Tax Reform/Transportation Connection Mentioned Again
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 At his news conference on November 5, President Obama made it a point to single out infrastructure as a possible...
Szabo Departure Adds To Vacancy List At DOT Modes
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 Federal Railroad Administrator Joe Szabo announced last week that he will be leaving FRA at the end of the year to...
Republican Strength in the U.S. House, 1913-2015
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 20, 2014 The 63rd Congress (1913-1915) was the first where the U.S. House membership was raised to its current level of...
Senate R’s To Vote On HTF Scoring Rule
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 As part of their organizational conference later this week, Senate Republicans who will serve in the upcoming...
Lame-Duck Agenda Expected To Be Limited
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 Congress returns this week for a post-election “lame duck” session of Congress in which party leaders will...
Election Results Will Lead To Major Shakeups On Capitol Hill
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 Republicans took back control of the U.S. Senate in last week’s elections, and in the House of Representatives,...
RAISE USER FEES: The Road to Good Highway Policy
Oct 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY TOM McNAMARA Transportation Consultant, and former UDOT policy staff, OST Good highway policy is difficult to achieve....
Federal funding for highways is stagnant and the Federal Aid Highway Program (FAHP) appears to be “shrinking by default.” Transportation infrastructure is not a top 10 public polling issue. Highway conditions have improved and there is little “inside the beltway” dialogue on transportation infrastructure. Meanwhile, popular discussion of mobility is more focused on new vehicle technology than on highway infrastructure.
Oct 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY STEVE LOCKWOOD Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff A New Context for the FAHP? In the absence of Congressional action,...
Improving Transportation Performance: Time to Focus on Operations
Sep 25, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONCongress has been able to accomplish very little this year, but one thing they agreed they needed to do was avoid insolvency in the...
Tolling in Japan: Should the U.S. Follow Its Lead?
Aug 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY MICAH HIMMEL Research Director, Japan International Transport Institute, USA Toll roads serve an important role in ensuring...