Issue / Ports
House to Move Last Year’s Bipartisan Appropriations Agreements Next Week
Jan 17, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 17, 2019 House Democrats, in yet another attempt to force members to vote on a different way to end the ongoing federal...
DOT Announces $1.5 Billion in BUILD Surface Transportation Grants
Dec 11, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 11, 2018 Today, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the full list of recipients of $1.475 billion in fiscal...
Senate Hearing Outlines Infrastructure Needs in U.S. Arctic
Dec 06, 2018 | Alexander LaskaDecember 6, 2018 As Arctic waters become more easily traversable for shippers and tourists alike, the U.S. does not yet have the...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 26, 2018
Nov 27, 2018 | Jeff DavisTuesday, November 27 – Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform – full joint select committee business...
U.S. Senate Passes Coast Guard Reauthorization
Nov 16, 2018 | Alexander LaskaNovember 15, 2018 This week, the U.S. Senate passed the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, which authorizes...
Most Major Transportation Ballot Measures Pass; More Analysis to Come
Nov 07, 2018 | Alexander LaskaNovember 7, 2018 - 7:30 a.m. Voters considered over 300 transportation-related ballot measures this Election Day. While Eno will...
President Signs Water Resources Bill
Oct 26, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 26, 2018 President Trump signed the biennial water resources development bill (the America's Water Infrastructure Act) into...
As Tariffs Take Effect, Port Activity Booms but Uncertainty on the Horizon
Oct 19, 2018 | Alexander LaskaOctober 18, 2018 Ports across the country announced volume records this summer as shippers rushed to move goods ahead of the Trump...
CBO: State-Local Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure Drops for Second Year in a Row
Oct 19, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 19, 2018 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has updated its massively useful study of total federal, state and...
Aviation, Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Tax Receipts Up Significantly in FY18
Oct 19, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 19, 2018 As part of the Treasury Department's year-end financial reporting for fiscal year 2018, new reports from the Bureau...
DOT Releases Version 3.0 of Autonomous Vehicle Guidance
Oct 04, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 4, 2018 At a public event this morning, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao released her department's long-awaited "AV 3.0"...
Coast Guard Updates Congress on Modernization, Recapitalization Efforts
Sep 28, 2018 | Alexander LaskaSeptember 27, 2018 Admiral Karl L. Schultz, 26th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, updated the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard...