ISSUE / Week of March 16, 2015
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March 19, 2015 The chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees released their budget blueprints for fiscal year 2016 and the 2016-2025 period this week, with the House panel starting its...
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Federal Governance,Fuel taxSeptember 09,2015 |Road Builders Propose Political “Offset” For 15 Cent Gas Tax Increase
March 19, 2015 Last week, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association made an interesting proposal to make a gasoline and diesel fuel tax increase more politically acceptable. In...
Airports,Aviation,Federal Budget,Federal Funding,Federal Governance,Freight,Fuel tax,Governance,Highway Trust Fund,Public transit
CBO Releases Details of HTF, AATF Future Tax Receipts
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 19, 2015 Buried within the supporting data of the Congressional Budget Office’s new baseline are the detailed assumptions for the Highway Trust Fund and Airport and Airway Trust Fund tax...
Buses,FASTLANE,Federal Budget,Federal Funding,Federal Governance,Fuel tax,Governance,Highway Trust Fund,Highways,Public transit,Rail,Railroads,Traffic Safety,Trucking
CBO Says GROW AMERICA Grows Much More Slowly Than USDOT Says
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 19, 2015 Last week, when the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its re-estimate of the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2016, the data showed a sharp divide between CBO...
Air Traffic Control,Aviation,Aviation Safety,Aviation Workforce
Eno NextGen Working Group Releases Statement of Principles for ATC Reform
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 19, 2015 On Monday, the Eno NextGen Working Group released a stakeholder driven “Statement of Principles” for U.S. air traffic control (ATC) reform. These principles were released on the...