ISSUE / Week of June 18, 2018
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June 21, 2018 New Jersey Transit (and Amtrak) face a July 14 deadline for getting the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to approve their latest revised financial plan for the replacement of the...
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Federal Governance,GovernanceJune 22,2018 |White House’s Proposed Government-Wide Reorganization Faces Uphill Battle
June 22, 2018 Yesterday, the White House proposed an ambitious plan for reorganizing many agencies the federal government along functional lines, parts of which have been proposed in the past by...
Guest Op-Ed: The Lessons of Measure M: How to Fix the Subway
June 22, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONJune 19, 2018 As New York struggles to fix the subway and several proposals are circulating, a close look at what Los Angeles is doing is instructive. In November 2016, Measure M, the Los Angeles...
Trump Administration Tries to Reshape Amtrak Board
June 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisJune 21, 2018 This week, President Trump made his third nomination for the Amtrak Board of Directors. And closer analysis reveals that a combination of past inaction and luck of the draw means...
House Subcommittee Grills PHMSA Administrator on Incomplete Mandates
June 22, 2018 | Alexander LaskaJune 21, 2018 Members on both sides of the aisle grilled Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Administrator Howard “Skip” Elliott on the administration’s failure...
New York City and TNCs Settle on Performance Measures for Accessible Service Requirements
June 22, 2018 | Alice GrossmanJune 20, 2018 New York City is moving towards a performance approach to regulating TNCs with the goal of providing equitable access to transportation options. The lawsuit brought against the New...
Senate Panel Approves FY19 Homeland Budget
June 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisJune 22, 2018 Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019. The bill text (S. 3109) is here and the explanatory...
Senate Kills White House Spending Cut Package
June 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisJune 22, 2018 A $14.7 billion package of spending cuts died in the Senate this week when the chamber voted, 48 yeas to 50 nays, against discharging the bill from the Appropriations Committee. The...
Senate Panel Reschedules Vote on NHTSA Nominee
June 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisJune 22, 2018 The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has schedule a June 27 vote on approving the nomination of Heidi King to run the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of June 25, 2018
June 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisTuesday, June 26 - House Transportation and Infrastructure - Subcommittee on Aviation - subcommittee hearing on stakeholder views on commercial space transportation regulatory reform (witness list to...