ISSUE / Week of March 5, 2018
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March 9, 2018 Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the 41 recipients of $487 million in total grant funding for the TIGER surface transportation grant program for fiscal year...
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Automated Vehicles,BusesMarch 09,2018 |USDOT Unveils Ambitious Multimodal Automation Initiative, Automated Vehicles 3.0
March 9, 2018 Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation publicly announced the next phase of its bold initiative to encourage the adoption of automation technologies in...
Gateway Dispute Escalates – Trump Threatens Veto of Omnibus Appropriations, Chao Has Heated Exchange With House Members
March 09, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 9, 2018 The ongoing dispute over how to fund a $13 billion tunnel between New York and New Jersey escalated this week into an almost-shouting match between Transportation Secretary Elaine...
Guest Op-Ed: Consumers are Ready for Electric Vehicles. Our Power Grid Isn’t
March 08, 2018 | Lidija SekaricPeople go to the Consumer Electronic Shows in Las Vegas to see the world’s latest high-tech gadgets, from robot dogs to virtual reality goggles. Yet during the last convention, it was a 19th...
Three-Month FAA Extension Expected to Ride in Omnibus Appropriations Package
March 09, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 9, 2018 The omnibus fiscal 2018 appropriations bill that could be considered by the House as early as next week is expected to contain a three-month extension of Airport and Airway Trust...
Speaker Ryan Rejects Talk of Gas Tax Increase
March 09, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 9, 2018 This week, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) threw cold water on discussions of a possible federal motor fuels tax increase to fund Highway Trust Fund solvency and/or an infrastructure...
California Allows Autonomous Test Vehicles to Operate without a Driver on Public Roads
March 09, 2018 | Alice GrossmanMarch 9, 2018 The State of California has updated their regulations for automated vehicles (AVs) on public roads to allow testing of automated vehicles without a driver in the vehicle this spring,...
Energy and Commerce Panel Looks at Transportation Fuels
March 08, 2018 | Shannon WalshMarch 8, 2018 On March 7, the House Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing addressing the future of transportation fuels and vehicles. Subcommittee members expressed many concerns about...
Timeline of the Gateway Program
March 08, 2018 | Jeff Davis[Updated March 8, 2018] October 2010 – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie kills the $8.7 billion Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) tunnel project under the Hudson River between Secaucus...
Senate Democrats Release $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan. Again.
March 08, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 8, 2018 Senate Democrats on March 7 released a $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan, which was an expansion of the $1 trillion plan they released in January 2017, which in turn was based...
Trump Moves to Fill Two New STB Positions
March 08, 2018 | Jeff DavisMarch 7, 2018 As last week's issue of ETW was being emailed out, the White House announced that President Trump was finally taking steps to fill the two new seats on the Surface Transportation...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 12, 2018
March 08, 2018 | Jeff DavisTuesday, March 13 - Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation - Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security - subcommittee hearing on state and...