ISSUE / Week of March 22, 2021
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President Biden will announce some details of his mammoth domestic spending plan, of which infrastructure will be the centerpiece, on Wednesday, March 31 at an event in Pittsburgh. Yesterday,...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for five hours yesterday, giving Congress its first Q&A session since he...
Federal Funding,Infrastructure,USDOT
Senate Committee Hearing on Rebuilding America’s Transportation Infrastructure
March 26, 2021 | Hayley BurtonOn March 24, 2021, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation met for a hearing entitled, “Driving the Road to Recovery: Rebuilding America’s Transportation...
Freight rail,Railroads
CP-KCS Merger Would Create Canada-US-Mexico Unified Railroad
March 25, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn what seems like the last, unfinished piece of 1990s railroad merger mania, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced on March 21 that the two railroads had agreed to combine. Canadian...
Federal Governance,USDOT
Trottenberg Nomination Will Be First Senate Business When Easter-Passover Recess Ends
March 26, 2021 | Jeff DavisBefore the Senate left town yesterday for the traditional two-week Easter-Passover recess, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) queued up the nomination of Polly Trottenberg to be the first...