ISSUE / Week of July 10, 2017
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Airports,AmtrakJuly 10,2017 |House DOT Appropriations Bill Released; Makes $900M Available for NY/NJ Gateway Program
July 13, 2017 The House Subcommittee on Transportation-Housing appropriations on July 11 approved a draft bill providing $18.8 billion in discretionary appropriations and $58.8 billion in... -
Air Traffic Control,AirportsJuly 13,2017 |
House Scheduled to Consider Air Traffic Control Spinoff Bill Next Week
(July 17 edit - apparently the House is postponing consideration of this bill until they get the vote count together Majority Leader McCarthy did not mention it on Friday afternoon when he gave out...
Full Analysis of FY18 USDOT Appropriations Bill Text (House)
July 11, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 11, 2017 – 8:45 a.m. Yesterday evening, the House Appropriations Committee released the draft appropriations bill for the Departments of Transportation and of Housing and Urban Affairs for...
Electronic Flight Strips: A Brief History in the U.S. and Canada
July 13, 2017 | Rui NeivaJuly 13, 2017 In the 1990s when anyone talked about air traffic control (ATC) reform one image came to mind: the vacuum tube. This predecessor to the transistor became the symbol of the Federal...
House Appropriators Release Full FY18 Spending Plan
July 13, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 13, 2017 The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled today to approve its plan to subdivide $1.1 trillion in discretionary appropriations among the twelve annual spending bills for...
DOT Working Group Releases Report on Small Community Air Service
July 13, 2017 | Rui NeivaJuly 13, 2017 Last month, a report (dated from May) from the Working Group On Improving Air Service to Small Communities was made publicly available. This working group was established by section...
Trump Nominates Longtime Rail Exec to Run FRA
July 13, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 13, 2017 President Trump on July 11 nominated career railroad executive Ronald Batory to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Batory worked at a variety of railroads...
Senate EPW Looks at TIFIA, Financing
July 13, 2017 | Alice GrossmanJuly 13, 2017 The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works convened and invited three witnesses to testify at its hearing on July 12 on The Use of TIFIA and Innovative Financing in...
TSA, Coast Guard Funding Advances in House
July 13, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 13, 2017 A House subcommittee has approved draft legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2018, and the full Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider...
FRA Releases Long-Awaited Final Rule on Privatizing Amtrak Long-Distance Routes
July 13, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 13, 2017 Have you always wanted to run your own money-losing passenger rail route of at least 750 miles in length, but could never figure out who would give you operating subsidies to keep...
FTA Solicits Applications for FY17 Bus Grants
July 13, 2017 | Jeff DavisJuly 13, 2017 On July 12, the Federal Transit Administration issued a notice that $226.5 million in grants for buses and bus facilities will be available, on a competitive basis, for fiscal year...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of July 17, 2017
July 12, 2017 | Jeff DavisMonday, July 17 – House Appropriations – full committee business meeting to consider a draft FY 2018 Transportation-Housing appropriations bill (draft bill text here and committee report text...