ISSUE / Week of January 2, 2017
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January 5, 2017 The House of Representatives convened for the 115th Congress this week, and one of the first items of business was passage of legislation (H.R. 21) that would allow a massive...
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Federal Governance,Freight railJanuary 05,2017 |Treasury Study Rates 40 Transpo/Water Megaprojects
January 5, 2017 A new study commissioned by the Treasury Department identifies 40 transportation and water “megaprojects” costing a total of $334 billion that, the study estimates, could bring...
6 Stories Driving Autonomous Vehicle Policy in 2017
January 05, 2017 | Greg RogersJanuary 5, 2017 Last year, autonomous vehicles (AVs) graduated from a Silicon Valley aspiration to a perceived inevitability as companies raced to attract experts and poured money into their...
Bridging the Gap: Secretary Foxx’s Legacy of Choice
January 05, 2017 | Greg RogersJanuary 5, 2017 A key theme throughout Anthony Foxx’s tenure as USDOT Secretary has been expanding options and opportunities in American transportation networks. Foxx strove to engage community...
Full Senate Committee Rosters for 115th Now Named
January 05, 2017 | Jeff DavisJanuary 5, 2016 This week, the full lineup of standing committees in the U.S. Senate for the new 115th Congress was announced and ratified. (A new vacancy on certain panels will occur if and when...
Senate Belatedly Debating FY 2017 Budget Blueprint
January 05, 2017 | Jeff DavisJanuary 5, 2017 The U.S. Senate will spend the rest of this week and early next week debating a budget blueprint for fiscal year 2017 – the fiscal year that started over three months ago....
FAA Gives Thune a NextGen Status Update
January 05, 2017 | Rui NeivaFebruary 5, 2017 Back on December 1, Senator John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, asked the Federal Aviation Administration to report...
Second Ave Subway Opens, But Future Work Remains
January 05, 2017 | Emily HanFebruary 5, 2017 New York City celebrated New Year’s Day with not only its famous ball drop, but also opening its newest subway line: the Second Avenue Subway. The Second Avenue Subway...
FHWA Distributes Highway Funding Under CR to April 28
January 05, 2017 | Jeff DavisJanuary 5, 2017 Yesterday, the Federal Highway Administration provided an additional $13.7 billion in highway funding permission to state DOTs for the period covering the second continuing...
Eno at TRB 2017
January 05, 2017 | Ann HeneberyJanuary 5, 2017 Next week, over 10,000 transportation nerds engineers, researchers, policymakers and other experts will gather in Washington, DC for the annual meeting of the Transportation...