ISSUE / Week of March 19, 2018
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Appropriations,FASTLANEMarch 22,2018 |$1.3 Trillion Omnibus Appropriations Package Passes House, Pending in Senate
March 22, 2018 At 1 p.m. today, the House of Representatives passed the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018 by a roll call vote of 256 to 167. Majorities of both party... -
Appropriations,FASTLANEMarch 22,2018 |
FY18 Omnibus: Was the Promise of $10 Billion in Extra Infrastructure Spending Kept?
March 22, 2018 When the bipartisan budget deal increasing appropriations levels for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 was announced last month, a "deal memo" between Congressional leaders promised that...
House Panel Examines Project Delivery Issues
March 22, 2018 | Alice GrossmanMarch 22, 2018 On Thursday, March 15, The House Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy, and Environment held a hearing on opportunities to streamline federal permitting, particularly under the...
Trump Taps Begeman As STB Chair
March 20, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 20, 2018 President Trump on March 19 announced that he has designated Ann Begeman as the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board. Begeman is currently serving a five-year term that...
Eno 2017 Impact Report Released
March 21, 2018 | Karen PriceIn 2017, the Eno Center for Transportation continued to provide high-quality research, practical policy recommendations, and leadership development courses throughout the transportation...
FY18 Omnibus: NY/NJ Gateway Program
March 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 22, 2018 The big transportation story of the Trump Administration so far has been the $30 billion Gateway Program of rail projects in New Jersey and New York. Last June, the US Department of...
FY18 Omnibus: TIGER Grants
March 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 22, 2018 The fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations legislation introduced last night triples funding for the TIGER discretionary surface transportation grant program in the Office of the...
FY18 Omnibus: Aviation Programs
March 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 22, 2018 The fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations package contains $18 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration and drops most of the Senate bill's legislative provisions, including the...
FY18 Omnibus: Mass Transit Programs
March 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 22, 2018 The fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations legislation provides a total of $13.5 billion for the programs of the Federal Transit Administration, an increase of $1.07 billion (8.6...
FY18 Omnibus: Railroad Programs
March 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 22, 2018 The fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations agreement includes $3.09 billion for the programs of the Federal Railroad Administration, an increase of $1.24 billion (67 percent) over last...
FY18 Omnibus: Highway Programs
March 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 22, 2018 The fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations package contains $47.5 billion in budgetary resources for the Federal Highway Administration. The final bill does not rescind any...
FY18 Omnibus: Transportation Safety Programs Include AV Research
March 22, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 22, 2o18 Surface transportation safety programs received significant funding increases in the fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations legislation released yesterday, with much of the money...