ISSUE / Week of December 7, 2020
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A possible government shutdown starting tonight was averted this afternoon when the Senate agreed to a one-week continuing resolution (H.R. 8900) extending federal appropriations from midnight...
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Project Delivery,TransitDecember 11,2020 |Eno Releases First Iteration of Transit Construction Cost Database
A growing cadre of researchers, advocates, and experts are asking: why does it cost so much to build infrastructure, particularly public transit, in the United States? Last year, Eno kicked off a...
Op-Ed: To Fix Baltimore’s Transit System, Local Funding, Oversight Needed
December 11, 2020 | Robert PuentesAs the nation’s public health crisis rages on, the Baltimore region’s buses remain busy transporting essential workers and residents who depend on it each day. Transit is literally a lifeline...
Op-Ed: The Infrastructure Disaster Nobody is Talking About
December 11, 2020 | Paul LewisPerhaps we are still distracted by the election. Perhaps commuting patterns have changed so much that it is not as important. But unless you live in or around Cincinnati, you probably have not been...
FTA Preparing to Sign New Project Agreements in January
December 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Trump Administration is in the process of clearing the desks and preparing to sign grant agreements for most, if not all, of the new mass transit projects currently eligible for funding under the...
House Passes WRDA Compromise, but Bill Looks Dead in Senate
December 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed a compromise biennial authorization bill for the Army Corps of Engineers water resources program this week, but the measure appears dead in the Senate unless...
Eno’s Brianne Eby Receives TRB Scholarship from YPT International
December 11, 2020 | Madeline GormanBrianne Eby, a Senior Policy Analyst at Eno, is one of the four recipients of the 2020 TRB Young Members Scholarship awarded by Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT) International. The...
Census Releases Full 2019 ACS Data, Including Commute Patterns
December 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Census Bureau this week released the full dataset for the 2019 American Community Survey, including 1-year and 5-year aggregate data and with localized data selection down to the Census tract or...