ISSUE / Week of June 8, 2020
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Highways & Streets,TransitJune 12,2020 |House Surface Bill to Move Ahead Despite Divided Stakeholders
The surface transportation reauthorization bill introduced by House Democrats last week (H.R. 7095, the INVEST in America Act) will be considered in a markup session by the House Transportation and... -
Earlier this week, Trump Administration officials tasked an interagency working group to come up with a plan for conducting contract tracing on U.S-bound air passengers in order to stem the spread of...
Op-Ed: Now is The Right Moment to Address Transportation-Related Air Quality Concerns
June 12, 2020 | Brianne EbyVehicle miles traveled have plummeted across the country with many pre-COVID drivers now working from home (see FHWA’s April 2020 Traffic Volume Trends, released this week). But if social...
Op-Ed: Transportation and the Police: Reconsidering Traffic Enforcement
June 11, 2020 | Romic AevazThis article is the first piece in a Transportation and the Police op-ed series by Eno's Romic Aevaz. You can read the second op-ed here. Millions of people across the country have demanded major...
House Hearing Looks at Coronavirus Impact on Front-Line Transportation Workers
June 11, 2020 | Owain JamesOn Tuesday, June 9, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing titled “On the Front Lines: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers.” Witnesses included: ...
New USDOT Models Move Highway Trust Fund Insolvency Date Up to April-May 2021
June 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisRepresentatives of the U.S. Department of Transportation went to Capitol Hill this week to provide an update on the projected finances of the Highway Trust Fund since coronavirus-related travel and...
The House’s INVEST Act – Mass Transit Formula Funding
June 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House's INVEST in America Act would give about $77.7 billion over five years to programs that would be apportioned to transit agencies by formula. This is 94.5 percent of the funding that is...
The House’s INVEST Act – Competitive Highway Grant Programs
June 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisAfter Congress stopped earmarking special projects in law for its own legislators in 2011, a feeling built up in Congress that if they couldn't pick and choose their own highway and transit projects,...
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta Now Eno Board Member Emeritus
June 12, 2020 | Robert PuentesIn special recognition and appreciation of distinguished service, earlier this month the Eno Center for Transportation's Board of Directors appointed Secretary Norman Y. Mineta to the position of...
Eno Welcomes University of Washington Ph.D. Candidate as the 2020 Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellow
June 11, 2020 | Madeline GormanThe Eno Center for Transportation has selected Katherine Idziorek as our 2020 Thomas J. O'Bryant Fellow. The fellowship is designed to provide a professional development opportunity for aspiring...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of June 15, 2020
June 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisTuesday, June 16 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee hearing on pending nominations including Joel Szabat to be Under Secretary of Transportation – 2:30 p.m., SD-G50...