ISSUE / Week of May 17, 2021
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May 21,2021 |Senate EPW May Mark Up Highway Bill Next Week As Budget Reconciliation Timetable Slips
As of this writing (3 p.m. Eastern on Friday, May 21, 2021), the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee still has not canceled his previously stated plan to mark up a... -
Air Traffic Control,Aviation SafetyMay 20,2021 |
Frustration on Progress, Concern About Noise are Key Topics at House NextGen ATC Roundtable
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held a virtual roundtable this week on air traffic control (ATC) modernization efforts. “Final Approach: An Update on ATC...
Guest Op-Ed: Bus Lanes in the Car Capital: Lessons and Challenges from Los Angeles
May 20, 2021 | Madeline GormanThis month, the Eno Center for Transportation released a new report titled “A Budding Model: Los Angeles’s Flower Street Bus Lane,” focused on the pilot peak-hour bus lane on Flower Street in...
Congressional Hearing Discusses Promises and Perils of Automated Vehicles
May 21, 2021 | Katie DonahueOn May 18, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a hearing on "Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies." Members...
Pending Senate Bill Would Alter Buy America Requirements
May 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate is in the middle of considering the "Endless Frontier Act" (S. 1260) – an umbrella bill assembled by Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NJ) that addresses a lot of issues about U.S....
Key Themes in Senate Banking Hearing Include Equitably Rebuilding Communities, Surface Transportation Reauthorization
May 20, 2021 | Brianne EbyThe Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing to discuss infrastructure investments on May 20. Witnesses included Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge and...
Senators Request New Highway Cost Allocation Study
May 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisTwo members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee introduced legislation this week directing the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct the first comprehensive study of which...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of May 24, 2021
May 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisMonday, May 24 – House Appropriations - Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – subcommittee hearing on the FY 2022 budget request for water resources programs (Corps of Engineers, BuRec)...