ISSUE / Week of March 2, 2015
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March 5, 2015 Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 749, the bipartisan passenger rail reform bill, by a wide 316 to 101 margin. A full tally of the vote is here. The bill...
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Appropriations,Aviation SafetySeptember 09,2015 |Homeland Funding Drama Ends with House Accepting Clean Year-Long Appropriations Bill
March 5, 2015 The long, slow-motion crisis over federal Homeland Security funding for fiscal year 2015 is over, as the House yesterday approved a bipartisan compromise bill for the White House...
Senate Holds Motor Carrier Safety Oversight Hearing
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 5, 2015 A hearing this morning before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee explored the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s role in regulating motor carrier...
New CBO Report Analyzes Long-Term Public Infrastructure Spending Trends
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 5, 2015 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office this week released a new report entitled Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2014. The first thing in the...
CBO Answers Questions About HTF Solvency
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 5, 2015 The Congressional Budget Office today released a set of written answers regarding the fiscal 2016 budget situation to questions submitted by the Senate Budget Committee at a hearing...
Supreme Court Examines Diesel Fuel Tax Discrimination Against Railroads
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 5, 2015 The Supreme Court ruled today that states cannot tax railroads if the state tax regime exempts certain modes of freight transportation from similar taxation. In a 7 to 2 verdict in...
Odds and Ends – Week of March 2, 2015
September 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisA new GAO report was released on March 2 entitled INFORMATION SECURITY: FAA Needs to Address Weaknesses in Air Traffic Control Systems. It can be downloaded here: https://goo.gl/80OH0K A new GAO...
In the Spotlight: Michael Audino
September 10, 2015 | Ann HeneberyMichael Audino is one of the instructors for Eno’s new Airline Leadership Development Program (ALDP). He also serves as a Senior Researcher at the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at...
House FAA Hearing Examines NextGen, Drone Issues
September 09, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMarch 5, 2015 The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is continuing to raise awareness of the upcoming Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill – the current...
Sec. Foxx Testifies Before Senate Commerce
September 09, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMarch 5, 2015 The Secretaries of Transportation and Commerce testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation yesterday in what was supposed to be a session about...