ISSUE / Week of June 20, 2016
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June 23, 2016 As expected, the final version of what had been the fiscal 2017 Transportation-HUD-Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill (with a package of supplemental 2016...
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June 23, 2016 The staffs of the House and Senate transportation committees have been working behind closed doors all week in an attempt to get final agreement on legislation extending federal...
FAA Issues Final Drone Operation Rule
June 23, 2016 | Jeff DavisJune 23, 2016 The Federal Aviation Administration has released the text of its final rule governing most drone aircraft (the ones weighing less than 55 pounds, called small unmanned aircraft...
CBO Questions “Multiplier Effect” of Deficit-Financed Federal Investment
June 23, 2016 | Jeff DavisJune 23, 2016 To what extent can federal spending on transportation capital programs can be characterized as an “investment” that generates economic activity to offset its costs? The...
Senate WRDA Bill Gets Clean CBO Score But Still May Not Move to Senate Floor
June 23, 2016 | Jeff DavisJune 23, 2016 The Senate’s water resources authorization bill got a key thumbs-up from the Congressional Budget Office this week when CBO determined that the “pay-fors” in the bill more than...
Looking Back on Eno’s P3 Technical Assistance Awards
June 23, 2016 | Emily HanJune 22, 2016 If done correctly and with the right project, public-private partnerships (P3s) can offer an alternative way to deliver large infrastructure projects faster, cheaper, and sometimes...
In the Spotlight: Matt Cole, Cubic Transportation Systems
June 23, 2016 | Ann HeneberyFor this month’s In the Spotlight article, we decided to catch up with the man in charge of Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS). CTS is a subset of the Cubic Corporation, a global defense and...
House Hearing Looks at Air Traffic Controller Staffing Issues
June 23, 2016 | Rui NeivaJune 23, 2016 On June 15, the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transport and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) held a hearing on the issue of air traffic controller staffing at the Federal...
Space Travel…Is Also Transportation (House Hearing Examines the FAA’s Role in Commercial Space Transportation)
June 23, 2016 | Rui NeivaJune 23, 2016 On June 22, the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) held a hearing on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversight of...
The Lists: The Top 20 Future Leaders in Transportation
June 23, 2016 | Patrice DavenportThis month we celebrate 20 of the nation’s top graduate students in transportation. These future leaders were selected by Eno’s Board of Regents to come to Washington, DC for a week and...