ISSUE / Week of May 8, 2017
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Federal Budget,Federal FundingMay 11,2017Infrastructure Week Preview – Federal Infrastructure Grants: How to Get Back to “Average?”
May 11, 2017 Next week is Infrastructure Week here in Washington DC, a coordinated attempt to get federal policymakers and the public engaged in understanding the importance of infrastructure at... -
Automated Vehicles,Pedestrian safetyMay 11,2017
Editorial: How to Certify the Safety of Automated Vehicles
May 11, 2017 Companies developing automated vehicle (AV) technology are promising a more efficient and safer transportation system. With developers projecting Level 3 AVs within a few years, this...
Senate EPW Examines Infrastructure Project Streamlining
May 11, 2017 Since Inauguration Day, the sound and fury of partisan battles have drowned out discussions of anything that is not health care, government spending, and hubbub around the...
More Administration Hires for Transportation Announced
May 11, 2017 President Trump on May 8 announced a fourth Presidential appointment to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Adam Sullivan will be nominated to be Assistant Secretary of...
Sec. Chao’s Self-Driving Gaffe is a Lesson, Not a Failure
May 11, 2017 For all of the hype generated around self-driving cars, there is an equal amount of confusion about the technology and its implications for drivers – even, as it turns out, for the...
President Signs FY17 Omnibus Appropriations into Law
May 11, 2017 President Trump signed the omnibus fiscal 2017 appropriations bill (H.R. 244) into law on Friday, May 5, averting a government shutdown. The bill is now Public Law 115-31. With the...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of May 15, 2017
(The timing of all Senate hearings should be double-checked on the day of, since unanimous consent is required to allow committees to meet while the Senate is in session and such consent may be...