ISSUE / Week of August 22, 2016
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Appropriations,Federal BudgetAugust 24,2016 |CBO Update Shows Little Change in Transportation Funding, Revenues
August 24, 2016 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released its annual mid-year update of its budget and economic forecasts. The report, which can be read here, projects... -
Book Review: A Great Honor: My Life Shaping 20th Century Transportation by Alan S. Boyd. 269 pg. Available from Amazon in both e-book and paperback and from Barnes & Noble in...
Point/Counterpoint: MPO Consolidation, Round 2
August 24, 2016 | Jeff DavisThis week, we have a second round of guest op-eds relating to the U.S. Department of Transportation's proposed rulemaking that will have the effect of forcing the consolidation of many metropolitan...
Guest Op-Ed: Use Incentives, Not Brute Force, To Encourage Needed MPO Consolidation
August 24, 2016 | Steve HemingerGuest op-ed by Steve Heminger, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (the MPO for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area). Regional planning and MPOs are a good thing, but as...
Guest Op-Ed: Local MPOs Are Already Cooperating
August 23, 2016 | Carl MikyskaGuest op-ed by Carl Mikyska, Executive Director, Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. By now, most of the transportation world has heard about the federal MPO Coordination...
Capital Convergence: Innovation in Washington
August 24, 2016 | Greg RogersThe proliferation of mobile technology and the rapid acceleration of computer processing power have driven a renaissance of innovation across fields that have long remained static. This has led tech...
The FTA’s New Mass Transit Safety Program Rule, Explained
August 24, 2016 | Jeff DavisAugust 24, 2016 On August 11, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing a public transportation safety program. The rule applies to all...
GAO: General Aviation Contributed Up to $2 Billion to HTF
August 24, 2016 | Rui NeivaAugust 24, 2016 The financial woes of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) are well known, with Congress having been forced to provide a net $144 billion in supplemental transfers from the general fund...
The Infrastructure Opportunity
August 24, 2016 | Robert PuentesAs we careen toward the November election, there does not seem to be much upon which Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree. One of those very few things, however, is the opportunity to create...
Former Norfolk Southern CEO Moorman to Lead Amtrak
August 24, 2016 | Jeff DavisAugust 24, 2016 Amtrak announced last week that Charles “Wick” Moorman, the former CEO of Norfolk Southern, will become President and CEO of Amtrak effective September 1, 2016. Moorman, a...
EPA Says It Can Set Fuel Efficiency Standards for Aircraft but Manufacturers Wait for ICAO
August 24, 2016 | Rui NeivaAugust 24, 2016 On July 25, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), operating under authority given to the agency in the Clear Air Act, determined that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from...
BTS Releases Smartphone App Version of Pocket Guide to Transportation
August 24, 2016 | Greg Rogers[caption id="attachment_26669" align="alignright" width="189"] (Source: Pocket Guide to Transportation)[/caption] August 24, 2016 Christmas came early this year for policy wonks who can never...