ISSUE / Week of April 1, 2019
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April 5, 2019 The House and Senate Budget Committees have now approved vastly different spending plans for fiscal year 2020. While the House plan is headed for a vote by the full chamber next...
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April 5, 2019 This week, Eno released Beyond Speculation 2.0, an automated vehicle (AV) policy plan for federal, state, and local policymakers. An update to a paper released in 2017, this report...
Senate Goes Nuclear (Again), Increasing Likelihood of Confirmation of Transportation Nominees
April 05,2019 | Jeff DavisThis week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) used the so-called "nuclear option" to change Senate procedures to cut the amount of time that the minority party can delay a vote on any...
Texas Reignites Donor State Debate
April 05,2019 | Jeff DavisApril 5, 2019 Texas tried to revive the old "donor state vs. donee state" highway funding debate last week. In a March 26 letter to Congressional leaders from the Texas delegation, plus an...
New York OK’s First Cordon Congestion Pricing Program in U.S., With Many Details Still Undetermined
April 05,2019 | Brianne EbyApril 5, 2019 On Sunday March 31, the New York State Legislature and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed off on a $175 billion budget for fiscal year 2020. The plan included dedicated funding...
T&I Looks at Street and Highway Safety
April 05,2019 | Hayley BurtonApril 12, 2019 The House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit met April 9th for a hearing on street and highway safety. The hearing came at a time when traffic deaths are rising, despite...
PHMSA Faces Pressure From Congress to Implement Pipeline Safety Mandates
April 05,2019 | Hayley BurtonThe House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials met April 2, 2019, for a hearing entitled “Pipeline Safety: Reviewing the Status of Mandates and Examining Additional Safety...
Disaster Relief Bill With HMTF Fix Delayed
April 05,2019 | Jeff DavisA provision taking future Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund taxes and spending effectively "off-budget" has been delayed as the larger disaster relief appropriations bill in which it appears has been...
Pre-1960s Attempts to Create a U.S. Department of Transportation – Part 1: Defining “Transportation” 1923-1942
April 05,2019 | Jeff DavisApril 3, 2019 The U.S. Department of Transportation recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its creation. At the time, the Eno Center for Transportation assembled a documentary history of the...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of April 8, 2019
April 05,2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, April 9 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security – subcommittee hearing on the FY 2020 TSA and Coast Guard budget requests – 10:00 a.m., 310...