Eno Transportation Weekly

When Level 5 autonomous vehicles are introduced to society and deployed for use the winners will not be traditional car manufacturers, but entrepreneurs who believed in the American dream and the public. These entrepreneurs will go on to completely reimagine the future of transportation while giving mobility to those who are most in need of [...]

July 28, 2017 The House of Representatives has finished its summer agenda and left town for the long August recess, not to return until after Labor Day. (Unless the Senate can somehow resurrect its health care bill and call the House back to vote ... This content is for Eno members only. Sign In Sign [...]

July 28, 2017 On July 25, the House Transportation and Protective Security Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee held a (short) hearing titled “Securing Air Cargo: Industry Perspectives”. The hearing had four witnesses: Stephen A. A... This content is for Eno members only. Sign In Sign in to your Eno account below or JOIN ENO [...]

July 28, 2017 The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on July 26 held a hearing on multiple pending nominations, including Ronald Batory to head the Federal Railroad Administration and Mark Buzby to head the Maritime Administrati... This content is for Eno members only. Sign In Sign in to your Eno account below or JOIN [...]

July 28, 2017 – On July 20, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its first report of short and long-term regulatory actions planned by the Trump Administration.

July 17, 2017 – As noted in last week’s ETW, Amtrak has released its own five-year business plan and financial forecast. The original version of the plan (preserved here for posterity) had inaccurate tables in the back of the report relating to route-by-route ridership and financial forecasts. Amtrak has now released a corrected version of [...]

July 27, 2017 – Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on July 24 replaced the two federally-appointed principal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) board of directors.

July 28, 2017  The House of Representatives on July 27 passed a massive package of four appropriations bills for fiscal year 2018 by a vote of 235 to 192. The bill (H.R. 3219) includes the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, which fun... This content is for Eno members only. Sign In Sign in to [...]

July 21, 2017 Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill funding the Department of Energy and several water resources agencies including the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers. The bill is S. 1609 - bill text is... This content is for Eno members only. Sign In Sign in to your Eno [...]

Wednesday, August 2 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider legislation and nominations including the Bradbury, Batory, Buzby and Sumwalt nominations (full agenda here) – 10:00 a.m., SH-216 Hart (note: not the usual room). Agenda is subject to revision. Wednesday, August 2 – Senate Energy and Natural Resources – [...]