ISSUE / Week of January 22, 2018
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Airports,BridgesJanuary 22,2018 |6-Page Summary of Administration Infrastructure Plan Leaked; Won’t Contain Funding Offset
January 22, 2018 (additions January 26) On the morning of January 22, someone leaked an internal 6-page summary of the larger, 60-something-page White House infrastructure plan that has been... -
Automated Vehicles,CybersecurityJanuary 26,2018 |
Senate Inches Toward Unanimous Consent on AV START
January 26, 2018 Two months after Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee chairman John Thune (R-SD) initiated the hotline process for AV START (S. 1885), the Senate appears to be...
U.S. Chamber Proposal Revives Gas Tax Debate
January 26,2018 | Jeff DavisJanuary 26, 2018 Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released its proposal for a national infrastructure initiative, centered around an increase in federal gasoline and diesel fuel taxes of 25...
Shutdown Deadline Now Extended to Feb. 8 As Budget Talks Continue
January 26,2018 | Jeff DavisJanuary 26, 2018 The three-day government shutdown over the last weekend was ended by the enactment of a three-week continuing resolution which also included a six-year extension of the CHIP...
Senate Commerce Convenes Field Hearing at Washington Auto Show
January 26,2018 | Greg RogersJanuary 26, 2018 On January 24, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a field hearing at the Washington Auto Show to discuss emerging technologies in the automotive...
Eno Now Accepting Applications for 2018 Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellowship
January 26,2018 | Ann HeneberyJanuary 26, 2018 The Eno Center for Transportation is now accepting applications for its Summer 2018 Thomas J. O’Bryant Transportation Policy Fellowship. This fellowship provides a high-quality...
History of the Tolling Ban on Federal-Aid Highways
January 26,2018 | Jeff Davis[First published in Transportation Weekly on May 6, 2014] The first law providing federal aid to states for construction and maintenance of roads was enacted almost a century ago, in 1916. That...
Senate Confirms James To Be Civilian Head of Corps of Engineers
January 26,2018 | Jeff DavisJanuary 26, 2018 The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed R.D. James to be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, making him the civilian head of the Army Corps of Engineers' water...
Eno Aviation Insights – Is New, Heavy Federal Airport Investment Necessary to Relieve Aviation Congestion?
January 26,2018 | Ann HeneberyJanuary 24, 2018 Today the Eno Center for Transportation released the ninth policy brief in the Eno Aviation Insights series – Should the federal government invest heavily in expanding American...
Status of Legislation and Nominations – January 26, 2018
January 26,2018 | Jeff DavisJanuary 26, 2018 ETW maintains webpages devoted to the status of major transportation and infrastructure legislation and to transportation-related nominations. The legislation status webpage is...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 29, 2018
January 26,2018 | Jeff DavisTuesday, January 30 - House Transportation and Infrastructure - Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation - subcommittee hearing on the sinking of the S.S. EL FARO and the Coast...