ISSUE / Week of January 7, 2019
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Appropriations,Aviation WorkforceJanuary 11,2019Shutdown Continues With No End in Sight, As Federal Workers Miss First Paycheck
The partial lapse-of-appropriations shutdown that began at midnight on December 21 is now three weeks old, but a pivotal milestone was reached this morning when civilian federal workers who are... -
Appropriations,Federal FundingJanuary 09,2019
FHWA Gives States An Extra $30B in Highway Spending Authority; Warns Them to Exercise Restraint
January 9, 2019 Yesterday, the Federal Highway Administration issued a notice giving the 50 state DOTs and the District of Columbia an extra $30 billion in obligation authority to start new...
Virginia Proposes Tolling 325 Miles of Interstate 81
January 11, 2019 This week, Virginia governor Ralph Northam announced that he and a bipartisan group of state legislators are proposing legislation to levy tolls across the 325-mile length of...
Overdue and Overlooked: Congestion Pricing
January 9, 2019 While no silver bullet will fix the woes of urban mobility and access, transportation economists believe that congestion pricing strategies come close. A number of U.S. cities and...
Price of Emergency Relief Bill Increases by $4.3 Billion for Water Infrastructure, Nutrition
January 11, 2019 Next week, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a $12.1 billion package of emergency disaster relief appropriation (H.R. 268). Amendments submitted to the House...
Organization of New Congress Continues…Slowly…
January 11, 2019 The new 116th Congress took a few additional organizational moves this week, but the naming of House members to committees is taking longer than normal. Senate committees,...
Eno Releases Issue Brief on 2018 Transportation Ballot Measures
January 9, 2018 Voters across 34 states approved nearly $41 billion in new transportation investments last year, according to Eno's new issue brief about the 2018 transportation ballot...
Eno Staff to Participate in TRB Annual Meeting Sessions
Eno staff will participate in several sessions at the TRB Annual Meeting next week, presenting on topics ranging from transportation workforce planning to transportation technologies. Check out our...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 14, 2019
Wednesday, January 16 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee organizational meeting – 10:00 a.m., SD-106 Dirksen.