ISSUE / Week of May 3, 2021
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The release of President Biden's $2.3 trillion "American Jobs Plan" on March 31 prompted an ad hoc debate on the very meaning of the word "infrastructure." As with most debates that take place on...
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Electric VehiclesMay 07,2021 |House Subcommittee Considers Implications of Transportation Decarbonization Legislation
This week the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing, “The CLEAN Future Act: Driving Decarbonization of the Transportation Sector.” The hearing primarily...
Guest Op-Ed: The Current State of Public Policy for Autonomous Trucking
May 07, 2021 | Finch FultonThe US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has long advocated for the benefits autonomous vehicles can bring to the nation’s transportation system, namely safety, improved efficiency and their...
Op-Ed: The True Costs of Towing: Unemployment, Racial Inequity, and Homelessness
May 06, 2021 | Madeline GormanThe Towing Problem Amid the pandemic, one-third of U.S. adults say they are having difficulty covering everyday costs such as food, rent, or car payments. Just 39 percent of Americans can afford a...
House Hearing Shows Partisan Divide on High-Speed Rail
May 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisA hearing before the House Railroads Subcommittee yesterday revealed sharp partisan division over high-speed rail in general and over two ongoing projects in particular. The hearing had an unusual...
Looking Back – When Amtrak Almost Got its Own Trust Fund in 1997
May 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe discussion in this week’s House high-speed rail hearing of a possible federal trust fund to support Amtrak capital expenditures prompted ETW to do some recollecting of how the “Amtrak trust...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of May 10, 2021
May 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisTuesday, May 11 – Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs – full committee hearing on pending nominations (including Nuria Fernandez to be FTA Administrator) – 10:00 a.m.,...