ISSUE / Week of January 24, 2022
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It has now been 40 days since Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) blew up the negotiations on the multi-trillion-dollar budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 5376) in a surprise Fox News statement on December 19....
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Federal Governance,Governance reformJanuary 28,2022 |Op-Ed: Better Infrastructure Spending Needs Better Institutions
Like so many deeply involved in transportation issues, I greeted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with great enthusiasm. The law continues to be lauded for its $1.2 trillion injection...
USDOT Solicits Applications for First $1.5B of RAISE Grants Funded by IIJA
January 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Department of Transportation today opened the application process for $1.5 billion in surface transportation funding grants provided by the bipartisan infrastructure law (the Infrastructure...
USDOT Releases New National Road Safety Strategy
January 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a new "National Roadway Safety Strategy" document that expresses a new "Safe System" approach to road safety, addressing both driver behavior...
FHWA Distributes $246 Million from IIJA for Appalachian Highways
January 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration on January 25 gave Appalachian states the first 20 percent of the $1.25 billion in advance appropriations provided by the bipartisan infrastructure law (the...
“The Bucks Stop Here: The Absurdity of the Highway Trust Fund” Centennial Recap
January 28, 2022 | Jonathan HammondThe year was 1955. The Salk vaccine hit the shelves. The first McDonalds opened. And in Washington, D.C., a highway funding proposal was soundly defeated by the U.S. House of Representatives out of...
Year-End 2021 Stats Show Vast Increase in Container Imports
January 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisNew data from the Port of Los Angeles released this week make it clear that many "supply chain shortages" are simply the result of Americans Buying More Stuff. The port of L.A. is the busiest...
US Code Updated With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
January 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisLarge swaths of the 1,039-page bipartisan infrastructure law (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, now in print as Public Law 117-58) enacted last November don't necessarily make sense when...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 31, 2022
January 27, 2022 | Jeff DavisWednesday, February 2 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider pending calendar business including the Phillips (MARAD), Cliff (NHTSA), Putnam...