ISSUE / Week of August 3, 2020
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Last night, the Senate joined the House of Representatives in leaving town for the August recess – unless and until negotiators between Democratic leaders and the White House reach agreement on...
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Fuel tax,Highway Trust FundAugust 06,2020 |Highway Trust Fund Tax Receipts Rebound to Normal Levels
This morning, the Treasury Department published the monthly report of Highway Trust Fund tax receipts for July 2020, and those numbers show the intake from the federal excise taxes on motor fuels and...
Guest Op-Ed: Transportation and Health: America’s Longstanding Disconnect
August 07, 2020 | Ross PetersonRoss Peterson is a consultant and subject matter expert with over fifteen-years' experience in public and community transportation programs focusing on services for people who don't drive. A...
Guest Op-Ed: It’s Time to Do Away with the E’s and Embrace the Public Health Approach in Transportation Safety
August 07, 2020 | David EdererMuch of the focus on the intersection of public health and transportation is on the health outcomes related to our current transportation system. In the United States, the number of people that die...
Airports, Some Transit Agencies Slow to Spend COVID Relief Money
August 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisNew data from the federal government shows that not all airports and transit agencies needed the federal coronavirus aid provided by the CARES Act in March 2020 as urgently as others. The data,...
Senate Panel Holds Hearing on Rail Board, DOT IG Nominees
August 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on four pending nominees to transportation posts: Eric Soskin, to be Inspector General of the Department of...
Transportation Jobs Report for July Shows Slight Increases
August 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly jobs report for July 2020. The report shows a modest uptick in transportation construction and manufacturing jobs, along with...
Senate Passes Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Bill
August 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisLast night, the U.S. Senate quietly passed a three-year pipeline safety reauthorization bill (S. 2299) by unanimous consent, without debate. (The bill is technically a four-year reauthorization bill,...
U.S. Gasoline Production Stabilizes At 12% Below Last Year’s Levels
August 05, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe latest weekly production reports from the Energy Department show that the production of gasoline by U.S. refineries and blenders has stabilized at a level around 12 percent below last year's...