Eno Transportation Weekly

January 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 cents per gallon, phased in over five years, with ... Sorry - you don't have access to this item. Please log in below, or [...]

January 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 children's health insurance program and delays in the im... Sorry - you don't have access to this item. Please log in below, or check out [...]

January 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 industry, with a particular focus on automated vehicles (AVs).

January 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 professional development opportunity for aspiring transportation specialists. Successful applicants will gain in-depth knowledge of transportation policy and practice under the guidance of Eno staff.

The first law providing federal aid to states for construction and maintenance of roads was enacted almost a century ago, in 1916.

January 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 infrastructure program. 

January 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 airports to relieve congestion?

January 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 here. The nominations status webpage is here.  

Tuesday, 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 Guard’s electronic health records (witness list to be posted here) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Tuesday, January 30 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Emergency [...]