ISSUE / Week of February 15, 2016
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Emissions,EnvironmentFebruary 18,2016 |Meeting and Defeating Transportation and Climate Change Challenges
Falling gasoline prices and rising vehicle miles traveled (VMT) over the past 12 months have stimulated discussion about what these recent trends foretell about economic impacts, life-style changes,... -
At the request of House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee’s ranking member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Aviation Subcommittee’s ranking member Rick Larsen (D-WA), the Government...
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis Dies at 84
February 18, 2016 | Jeff DavisAndrew L. “Drew” Lewis, the seventh United States Secretary of Transportation, died on February 10 in Prescott, Arizona at the age of 84. A Pennsylvania management consultant who had worked as...
Federal Governance,Governance
A Conversation with Alan Boyd, Part 3
February 16, 2016 | Jeff DavisAlan S. Boyd was the first Secretary of Transportation, sworn in on January 26, 1967 (which also makes him the most senior living former Cabinet official). But he also served as Under Secretary of...
Public transit,Rail,Transit Workforce
In the Spotlight: Jeff Gonneville
February 18, 2016 | Ann HeneberyJeffrey D. Gonneville is Chief Operating Officer of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). A graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mr....