Issue / Freight
As the economy grows, so does the volume of freight. Expanding supply chains, just in time deliveries, and increasing competition has made freight demand expand faster than population growth, with over 50 million tons move every day. Freight moves on truck, train, barge, and plane, with each mode responsible for carrying different goods in an interrelated freight network. Federal grant programs aim to target funding to freight bottlenecks and intermodal connectors while also supporting experiments in drone delivery. At the local level, policymakers are placing emphasis on better managing curb space, reducing emissions, and more efficiently using space to deliver packages, food, and other essentials.
1978 White House Strategy Memo on Trucking and Rail Deregulation Proposals
May 13, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMay 13, 2015 Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on the 35th anniversary of the Staggers Rail...
1975 White House Freight Rail Assistance Decision Memo
May 08, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMay 8, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week is from 40 years ago - the briefing papers prepared for President Ford in late...
House’s FY 2016 USDOT Appropriations Bill Cuts Discretionary Spending, Freezes Major HTF Accounts; Bans Some Cuba Travel
Apr 28, 2015 | Jeff DavisApril 28, 2015 The House Appropriations Committee released the full text of the proposed Transportation-Housing appropriations bill...
Funding for freight can be a critical element for the next transportation bill
Feb 19, 2015 | Paul LewisThe United States currently lacks a comprehensive national freight policy. Over the past several years, there has been extensive...
1915 Report of the Joint Committee on Federal Aid to Good Roads
Jan 21, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONJanuary 21 2015 Over the coming months, the Eno Center for Transportation will be placing online a large number of historic...
Time for Autonomous Vehicles to Disrupt Transportation Planning
Dec 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY MARK McDOWELL Transportation Consultant Over the coming decades autonomous vehicles (AVs) will insinuate themselves into our...
FY 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Up For House Vote Today
Dec 11, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 11, 2014 – 8:45 A.M. Omnibus. House leaders are proceeding on the omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 83) as if they...
Overview of Final FY 2015 USDOT Appropriations
Dec 09, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 9, 2014 – 9:05 p.m. Initial overview. The omnibus package will take the form of a House amendment to the Senate...
Congress Returns For Hectic Final Session
Dec 02, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 2, 2014 – 11:00 A.M. As Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess to face what is supposed to be the last two weeks...
Could Building a Canal In Nicaragua Be the Answer?
Nov 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY AARON J. GELLMAN Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University In 2013, Chinese interests revealed their...
President Nominates NHTSA, STB Heads
Nov 20, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 20, 2014 As the USDOT nomination backlog at the White House builds, President Obama in recent days has nominated a new head...
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...