ISSUE / Week of March 14, 2022
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When the House of Representatives returns the week after next, House Democratic leaders will have to decide if they want to give their members an opportunity to cast a vote to show voters that they...
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Emissions,Federal GovernanceMarch 18,2022 |Appeals Court Lifts Injunction, Allowing Interim Social Cost of Carbon Standard to Be Used in Rules, EIS
On March 16, a federal appeals court removed an injunction that was blocking the ability of federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation, to issue new rules and process environmental...
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing Transit for the Future of Work
March 18, 2022 | Nick CarosThe scale and speed of the transformation in the nature of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. Remote work, which has existed in some form or another since at least the 1950s, grew...
Guest Op-Ed: A Hotter Solution for Freeway Congestion
March 18, 2022 | Patrick DeCorla-SouzaAfter the pandemic, freeway congestion will continue to intensify around large, growing metropolitan areas, even though teleworking during the pandemic may have temporarily slowed or even halted this...
Subcommittee Hearing Examines Community Concerns Regarding Aviation Noise
March 18, 2022 | Romic AevazThis week, the House Transportation’s subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing entitled “Aviation Noise: Measuring Progress in Addressing Community Concerns.” Witnesses included: Kevin...
Senate Transit Hearing Features Local Progress, National Criticism
March 18, 2022 | Jeff DavisOne year from now, many mass transit providers in the U.S. will face a crisis. The largest providers will have spent all of their shares of the $69 billion in COVID-related aid given them by the...
Senate Votes to Lift Mask Mandate in Transportation, but House Unlikely to Act
March 18, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn March 15, the U.S. Senate, in a bipartisan 57-40 vote, approved legislation (S. J. Res. 37) that would force the Biden Administration to lift its mandate that users of transportation facilities in...
FY22 Omnibus Appropriations: The Final Tally
March 18, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn Monday, March 14, four days after Congress had passed the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2022 and sent it to the President, the Congressional Budget Office released its official estimate...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 21. 2022
March 17, 2022 | Jeff DavisTuesday, March 22 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider items cleared for consideration, including S. 3580, ocean shipping reform (full...