Issue / Resilience
Webinar: Transit Innovation in the Time of COVID
Aug 04, 2020 | Madeline GormanThe challenges facing public transit during the global pandemic are well-known, with low ridership, safety concerns for workers, and...
Road to Recovery Webinar: DIY City: How Small Actions Can Solve Big Problems
Jul 22, 2020 | Madeline GormanCities and metropolitan areas around the world face immense challenges today. In a new posthumous book, renowned urban planner Hank...
Webinar: The Adoption and Travel Impacts of Teleworking: Will It Be Different This Time?
May 14, 2020 | Madeline GormanFrom Alvin Toffler's (1980) "electronic cottage," to Peter Drucker's (1993) declaration that commuting to an office was obsolete,...
A Resilient Transportation System Needs a Resilient Workforce
Aug 27, 2019 | Dr. Thomas O'Brien, Dr. Tyler ReebThe transport systems that move both people and goods are, for better or for worse, a reflection of the nation as a whole. Economists...
Insights from the National Shared Mobility Summit
Mar 08, 2019 | Brianne EbyMarch 8, 2019 This week, professionals in transit, micromobility, carsharing, and ride-hailing gathered together in Chicago for the...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 11, 2019
Mar 08, 2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, March 12 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Aviation – subcommittee hearing entitled "Looking...
Infrastructure and Climate Change – Balancing Government Dollars vs Market-Based Solutions
Mar 01, 2019 | Brianne Eby and Hayley BurtonMarch 1, 2019 On February 26, the full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing entitled, “Examining How...
House T&I Kicks Off 2019 With Infrastructure Hearing
Feb 08, 2019 | Brianne Eby and Jeff DavisThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the 116thCongress formally kicked off its work yesterday with a marathon...
TRB Session Highlights Three Key Findings from Transportation Chapter of National Climate Assessment
Jan 18, 2019 | Brianne EbyJanuary 18, 2019 Transportation infrastructure is at risk from severe weather events compounded by climate change, according to the...
Price of Emergency Relief Bill Increases by $4.3 Billion for Water Infrastructure, Nutrition
Jan 11, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 11, 2019 Next week, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a $12.1 billion package of emergency disaster...
TRB Summarizes “Critical Issues in Transportation” for 2018
Dec 07, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 7, 2018 The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has issued a new...
President Signs 5-Year FAA Reauthorization Bill into Law
Oct 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 5, 2018 - 4:30 p.m. President Trump has signed the new Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill (H.R. 302) into...