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Week of December 4, 2017

Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance,...
Dec 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis

White House Promises Infrastructure Bill in January

December 8, 2017 - The White House this week made it official and promised to release the Trump Administration's "infrastructure principles" document in January. 

Highways, Interstate Highway System, Managed lanes, Tolls,...
Dec 8, 2017 | Paul Lewis

I-66 Shows the Cost of Urban Roadway Access – And It Isn’t Cheap

December 8, 2017 - Virginia has always restricted peak hour use of I-66 inside the Beltway to vehicles with two or more occupants. That changed on December 4, when for the first time the state...

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Aircraft, Bicycle, Buses, Federal Governance, Transit Workforce, Trucking, Trucking Workforce

Tax Reform Bill Sent to House-Senate Conference

Dec 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis
December 8, 2017 - The House and Senate sent the $1.45 trillion tax reform bill (H.R. 1) to a House-Senate...
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Accessibility, Automated Vehicles, Connected Vehicles, TNCs, Traffic Safety, Transit Workforce, Trucking, Trucking Workforce

Congress Gears Up for Debate Over Automated Trucks, Workforce Impacts

Dec 8, 2017 | Greg Rogers
December 8, 2017 - On December 7, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a...
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Accessibility, Automated Vehicles, Buses, Cybersecurity, Equity, FASTLANE, Federal Governance, Public transit, Railroads, TNCs, Traffic Safety, Transit Technology, Transit Workforce

FTA Launches 5-Year Research Initiative for Transit Automation

Dec 8, 2017 | Greg Rogers
December 8, 2017 - On December 5, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) unveiled its 5-year agenda for researching the potential...
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Aircraft

What do we know about aircraft delays?

Dec 8, 2017 | Ann Henebery
Flight delays are not only a cause of major frustration for passengers but they also come with a $32 billion hit on the...
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FASTLANE, Federal Governance, Rail Safety, Railroads

DOT Withdraws ECP Brake Rule

Dec 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis
December 7, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Transportation on December 4 announced that it will withdraw a 2015 regulation...
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Workforce development

Careers In Motion at TRB 2018

Oct 27, 2017 | Ann Henebery
As America faces the challenge of updating and repairing its aging infrastructure, policy makers and employers need to create a...
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Buses, Commuter Rail, Federal Governance, Local governance, Public transit, State Governance

Comstock Introduces WMATA Board Reorganization Bill

Dec 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis
December 8, 2017 - Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA), the sole remaining Republican in Congress from the Washington D.C. mass transit...
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Aviation Safety, Data, Federal Governance, Homeland security, Rail Safety, Traffic Safety

Capitol Hill Events - Week of December 11, 2017

Dec 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis
Wednesday, December 13 – House Homeland Security – full committee business meeting to consider legislation including H.R. 4559, to establish a...

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