ISSUE / Week of February 10, 2020
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Federal Funding,Highway Trust FundFebruary 10,2020 |Ten-Year, $810 Billion Surface Transportation Reauthorization Proposal Is Core of $1 Trillion Trump Infrastructure Plan
The Trump Administration was roundly chastised two years ago when, after promising a $1 trillion infrastructure funding proposal, their actual legislative outline only proposed $200 billion in actual... -
The Trump Administration today released its fiscal year 2021 budget request to Congress, which includes $89.2 billion in gross budgetary resources for the U.S. Department of Transportation, a $2.0...
House Tees Up Revamp of an Automated Vehicle Bill
February 14, 2020 | Alice GrossmanOn Tuesday, February 11, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce held a hearing on “Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving...
Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Be Fooled; Same-Day Delivery Isn’t Really Free
February 14, 2020 | Allan Rutter50 years ago, when normal people could change their own oil, a mechanic in a television advertisement counseled that replacing the oil filter as part of a regular oil change was a sound investment,...
The FY21 Transit CIG Budget: LA Westside 3 Added, Portal North Upgraded, Significant New Funding Requested
February 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Trump Administration's fiscal 2021 budget request includes $1.9 billion for the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grant program (almost equal to last year's enacted level), and...
How Much of a Gas Tax Increase Would the Trump Reauthorization Plan Require?
February 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisAfter we had a couple of days to digest the Trump Administration's ten-year, $810 million surface transportation reauthorization proposal, we asked the question – if the Highway Trust Fund portion...
FHWA Gives Out $2B in FY20 General Fund Highway Formula Funding
February 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has apportioned to states the $2 billion in additional highway formula funding from general revenues provided by the fiscal 2020 transportation appropriations...
Water Infrastructure Funding Takes Hit In Trump FY21 Budget
February 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Trump Administration is proposing $2.5 billion in cuts to federal water infrastructure programs in fiscal year 2021. Corps of Engineers. The budget requests a total of $5.97 billion in...