ISSUE / Week of November 11, 2019
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Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that 55 projects in 35 states will be receiving grants under the fiscal year 2019 iteration of the BUILD multimodal surface transportation grant...
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In the fall of 1990, a group of organizations got together to make the case that a comprehensive transportation policy serving economic, environmental, and social interests was vital to the future of...
Talks Continue to Avert Nov. 21 Government Shutdown
November 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisTalks to avert a government shutdown next week made progress yesterday when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stepped in yesterday to represent the Trump Administration in talks with leaders of the...
House Amtrak Hearing Criticizes Cost-Cutting Measures and New Arbitration Clause
November 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe House Railroads Subcommittee examined present and future Amtrak policy in a wide-ranging hearing on November 13 featuring the President and CEO of Amtrak as well as stakeholder...
Introducing Carmen Bianco, Transit Senior Executive’s New Moderator
November 08, 2019 | Karen PriceCarmen Bianco is a classic American success story, rising through the ranks from his start as an hourly worker on the tracks to eventually lead the country’s largest mass transit agency, New York...
CBO Releases Budget Score of Senate Highway Bill
November 14, 2019 | Jeff DavisOn the evening of November 12, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its official cost estimate of the bill S. 2302, the "America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019," which is...
FY 2019 BUILD Grants: Meeting the Terms of the FY 2019 DOT Appropriations Act
November 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisHere are the terms written into the text of the fiscal 2019 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act (Title I of Division G of P.L. 116-6) that appropriated $900 million for BUILD grants, and...
Senate Committee Approves RRIF and NASA Bills, 3 Nominations
November 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a drama-free markup on November 13 and approved 20 bills by voice vote, including a NASA reauthorization and a bill extending federal...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 18, 2019
November 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, November 19 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment – subcommittee hearing on resiliency in water resources infrastructure (witness...