Issue / FY20
Final Defense Bill Bans New Purchases of Mass Transit Vehicles from Chinese Companies – After 2-Year Delay
Dec 09, 2019 | Jeff DavisAfter weeks of delay, Congressional negotiators at 9:30 p.m. released the text of the final House-Senate conference agreement on the...
The Gas Tax Versus Inflation – Two Measures
Dec 09, 2019 | Jeff DavisHow much buying power has the federal gasoline tax lost over the years, and how have consumers felt past gasoline taxes in their daily...
FY20 Appropriations Negotiations at Critical Point
Dec 06, 2019 | Jeff DavisCongressional appropriators have reached tentative agreement on the funding-related issues of the fiscal year 2020 Transportation-HUD...
Building Environmental Collaborations While Funding Highways: An Innovation in Transportation Governance
Dec 06, 2019 | Martin WachsTransportation agencies have been trying for generations to fulfill their missions while doing as little environmental harm as...
USDOT Ended FY19 With $152 Billion in Undisbursed Cash
Dec 06, 2019 | Jeff DavisAs part of closing the books on fiscal year 2019, which ended a little over two months ago, the Treasury Department has released the...
Roundtable Roundup: Adopting a Common Data Language to Enhance Mobility
Dec 06, 2019 | Jana Lynott, Dianne SchwagerOn Wednesday, November 20, 2019 AARP, the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC), and the Transportation Research...
Who’s Doing What with Drones?
Dec 06, 2019 | Ken DunlapThe Eno’s Aviation Working Group recently completed the initial phase of a project to develop policy recommendations for safely...
Partial Highway Statistics for 2018 Released
Dec 06, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has begun publishing the voluminous tables that will eventually comprise Highway Statistics 2018 as...
After Inflation, State Transportation Capital Spending Still Has Not Recovered From Recession
Dec 06, 2019 | Jeff DavisAs part of the National Association of State Budget Officers' recently updated report on state spending levels, they reported that...
House T&I Committee Holds Joint Hearing on Freight, Setting the Groundwork for Reauthorization
Dec 06, 2019 | Paul LewisFreight is becoming a more important piece of federal transportation policy. Despite freight’s vital role in the national economy,...
Strong Growth in Transportation Spending by States
Dec 06, 2019 | Robert PuentesAccording to a new report by the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO), overall spending by states increased across the...
Rural America Cashes In Under Trump
Dec 05, 2019 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis shares his perspective on how the Trump administration has favored rural area transit funding, rather than urban.