ISSUE / Week of April 6, 2020
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April 07,2020 |How Might Personal Transportation Behaviors Change as a Result of COVID-19, and What Does That Mean for Policy?
Over the past few weeks, people all around the world have been asked to drastically change their day-to-day behaviors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Social (or physical) distancing has been... -
Federal Funding,FY20April 10,2020 |
Timing, Scope of Next Coronavirus Response Legislation Still Unclear
There is a consensus in Washington that response to the coronavirus and its attendant economic disruption will require much more federal assistance to be provided by legislation. But no consensus...
Guest Op-Ed: Connected, Automated, Shared and Electric: What is Missing from This Picture?
April 09, 2020 | Carol SchweigerIf AVs are not accessible to persons with disabilities, the elderly, or low-income individuals, we will not be providing transportation services to a significant portion of our society and to those...
State DOTs Request $50 Billion in New Federal COVID Assistance, $800 Billion Surface Transportation Bill
April 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) yesterday requested $50 billion in emergency federal appropriations to compensate for lost state revenues due to the...
Toll Facilities Request $9.2 Billion in Federal Funds to Replace Lost Coronavirus Revenue
April 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisMass transit agencies received nearly $25 billion in federal appropriations last week to make up for lost farebox revenues and local tax revenues due to coronavirus. Amtrak received $1 billion....
The Last Time VMT Dropped This Sharply – WWII Gas Rationing
April 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisFear of exposure to the novel coronavirus, and the business closings and stay-home orders imposed by state and local governments (and suggested by the federal government), have led to a significant...
Aviation Aid Hasn’t Been Released Yet.
April 10, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe mammoth coronavirus aid package signed into law two weeks ago today (on March 27) provided $88 billion in grant and loan authority for the aviation sector. However, as of this writing, none of...
Effects of Coronavirus Not Fully Felt Yet in Transportation Trust Fund Tax Receipts
April 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe beginnings of decreased demand for transportation were registered in the excise tax receipts deposited in the various federal transportation trust funds in March 2020, the financial reports of...
Free Transportation Books to Read During Coronavirus Quarantine
April 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisFor those of you who have run out of reading material during lockdown, a consortium of university publishers have combined to make some of their books free for electronic download for the next few...