ISSUE / Week of April 25, 2016
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Air Traffic Control,AppropriationsApril 21,2016 |Senate Panel OKs $77.9 Billion For USDOT in FY 2017
On April 21, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a draft bill making appropriations for the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development by a vote of... -
April 29, 2016 House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) won his bid for renomination in his Republican primary election this week by a preliminary total of 1,009 votes...
Denver Eagle P3 Begins Operations
April 28, 2016 | Emily HanThe nation’s first modern public-private partnership (P3) for public transportation has now begun operations. On April 22, 2016, the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) opened the new...
Appropriations Process Stalls In House, Senate
April 29, 2016 | Jeff DavisAt the beginning of 2016, Congressional leaders in both chambers spoke of how the year would mark a return to “regular order” – the free and open consideration of all twelve annual...
Senate EPW Panel Approves WRDA Bill in Record Time
April 29, 2016 | Jeff DavisApril 29, 2016 The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on April 28 passed legislation authorizing new Army Corps of Engineers water projects – and new wastewater and safe drinking...
Foxx Replaces 3 WMATA Board Members, Emphasizing Safety
April 29, 2016 | Jeff DavisApril 29, 2016 U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced yesterday that he will replace three of the four federal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)...
Eno Center Selects 2016 Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellow
April 26, 2016 | Ann HeneberyThe Eno Center for Transportation has selected Francesca Sallinger for the Eno Summer 2016 Thomas J. O’Bryant Transportation Policy and Finance Fellowship. This fellowship is designed to provide a...