ISSUE / Week of February 27, 2017
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March 3, 2017 The White House this week announced the overall discretionary appropriations totals that will appear in President Trump’s first budget request (for fiscal year 2018) later this...
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Automated Vehicles,Federal GovernanceMarch 03,2017 |Chao Outlines USDOT Priorities for Infrastructure, Technology
March 3, 2017 After nearly a month of relative silence, Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao appeared at the National Governors’ Association winter meeting on Sunday to discuss emerging...
Is Competition Possible Within A Reformed U.S. Air Traffic Control System?
March 03, 2017 | Rui NeivaMarch 3, 2017 One of the issues that has recently surfaced regarding air traffic control (ATC) reform is how to introduce, if possible at all, competition in any eventual reform efforts. First,...
Interview With Masaki Ogata, Japan Railway East
March 03, 2017 | Greg RogersMarch 3, 2017 This week, participants in the Eno Center for Transportation’s Transit Senior Executive Program heard from Masaki Ogata, Executive Vice Chairman of East Japan Railway Company (JR...
Trump Again Gives $1T Infrastructure Total With No Details
March 03, 2017 | Jeff DavisMarch 3, 2017 President Trump addressed his first joint session of Congress on February 28 and again reiterated his call for a $1 trillion investment in U.S. infrastructure. But once again, he...
House Hearing Examines Airport Needs; DeFazio, Massie Introduce Bill to Allow PFC Increase
March 03, 2017 | Rui NeivaMarch 3, 2017 On March 1 the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hosted the second hearing (out of five planned so far, the first was dedicated to...
2016 VMT Redux – How Does It Affect Safety and Costs?
March 03, 2017 | Jeff DavisMarch 3, 2017 Last week’s ETW contained an article that examined the new estimates of total vehicle-miles traveled in the U.S. (a 3 percent increase over 2015) and then analyzed the new data on...
Is the Pace of Trump Nominations As Slow As It Feels?
March 03, 2017 | Jeff DavisMarch 3, 2017 Because of the general chaos surrounding the Trump White House, and the unprecedented level of opposition to Cabinet nominees on the Senate floor (almost all of whom are being...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 6, 2017
March 03, 2017 | Jeff DavisWednesday, March 8 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - full committee hearing to examine the nomination of Elaine Duke to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security - 9:30 a.m.,...