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Eno Transportation Weekly

Week of February 26, 2018

ATC, ATC Reform, Aviation, FAA, House T&I Committee, Senate Commerce Committee

Shuster Concedes Defeat on ATC Reform; Next Extension Due Soon

March 2, 2018 - Prospects for House consideration of legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took an abrupt shift earlier this week when House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) announced on February 27 that his ambitious air traffic control reform legislation (H.R. 2997) would not be moving to the House floor in its current form.

Infrastructure, Senate EPW Committee, USDOT

Chao Defends Administration Infrastructure Plan Before Senate

March 2, 2018 - Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao defended the Trump Administration's infrastructure initiative and fiscal 2019 budget request before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week. The civilian head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, R.D. James, also discussed the Corps' water resources program.

In This Issue

Appropriations, FY18, Infrastructure

Appropriators Work to Finish FY18 Omnibus Bill

March 2, 2018 Staffers for the House and Senate Appropriations Committees were working furiously this week to iron out as many differences as possible between the twelve House-passed appropriations bills for fiscal 2018 and the twelve bills reported from the Senate panel, in hopes of getting an omnibus package filed by March 14. This week [...]

By Jeff Davis

Amtrak, FY18, Gateway, Rail

Hudson Tunnel May Be Key Sticking Point in FY18 Negotiations

March 2, 2018 – Perhaps the biggest differences between the House and Senate versions of the transportation budget for 2018 initially approved by the appropriators last year revolve around the Gateway Program of rail projects in New York and New Jersey.

By Jeff Davis

Infrastructure, TIFIA

What the Penn-Wharton Study Missed About the Trump Infrastructure Plan

March 1, 2018 – On February 22, economists at the Wharton School of Business released a brief analysis (the Penn-Wharton Budget Model analysis) of President Trump’s infrastructure plan. While the study does average a diverse array of economic models of the added economic value of federal infrastructure grants, the analysis also reveals a fundamental misunderstanding [...]

By Jeff Davis

Autonomous Vehicles, White House

White House Frames AVs as an Opportunity for Economic Growth

March 2, 2018 – Last month, the White House released the Economic Report of the President, which contained an extensive discussion of the potential economic benefits from autonomous vehicles.

By Greg Rogers

Coast Guard, DHS, TSA

Senate Homeland Security Authorization Markup Postponed

March 2, 2018 On February 28. the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs formally took up the House-passed Department of Homeland Security Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2825), but because of the memorial service for Rev. Billy ... Sorry - you don't have access to this item. Please log in below, or check out our [...]

By Jeff Davis

Aviation, FAA, House T&I Committee, UAS

House Aviation Hearing Looks at Drone Use

February 28, 2018 – On February 27, the House Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to address the current status of aviation security.

By Shannon Walsh

Bicycles, Safety

GHSA Releases Annual Report on Pedestrian Fatalities

March 2, 2018 Over the last decade, pedestrian deaths have been increasing both in number and as a share of all traffic fatalities on US roads. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released its annual report on pedestrian traffic fatalities this week with data and analysis on pedestrian deaths in the US in 2016 and [...]

By Alice Grossman

Appropriations

Members Named for Budget Process Reform Committee

March 2, 2018 – This week, the last of the 16 members of the new Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform were named by Congressional leaders.

By Jeff Davis

Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 5, 2018

Tuesday, March 6 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full committee hearing on the Administration’s infrastructure proposal (Transportation Sec. Chao to testify) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Tuesday, March 6 – House Oversight and Government Reform – Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy, and Environment – oversight hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – 10:00 [...]

By Jeff Davis