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Week of November 6, 2017
Bicycle, Buses, electric vehicles, Federal governance, Governance, Parking, Public transit, Transit workforce, Trucking, Trucking workforceNovember 10, 2017 - Yesterday afternoon, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a $1.5 trillion tax reform and rate reduction bill after a contentious four-day markup session. Then, last night, the Senate Finance Committee released the outline of its own plan, which the committee will consider on November 13.
Tax Reform Bill Approved by House Committee; Senate Tax Plan Unveiled
November 10, 2017 - Yesterday afternoon, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a $1.5 trillion tax reform and rate reduction bill after a contentious four-day markup session. Then, last night, the Senate Finance Committee released the outline of its own plan, which the committee will consider on November 13.
Appropriations, FASTLANE, Federal budget, Federal funding, Federal governance, Governance, Highway Trust Fund, HighwaysNovember 9, 2017 - Conspicuously absent from Congress's pre-Thanksgiving agenda is any kind of final deal amending the Budget Control Act's caps on discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2018. The ramifications of this delay could include pushing enactment of a final appropriations package for fiscal 2018 into next January or February, which would in turn delay the FAST Act's Highway Trust Fund apportionment increases for a month past that, and delay 2018 TIGER and other discretionary grants even longer.
No Budget = Delayed FY18 Omnibus = Delayed FAST Act Funding Increases and Discretionary Grants
November 9, 2017 - Conspicuously absent from Congress's pre-Thanksgiving agenda is any kind of final deal amending the Budget Control Act's caps on discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2018. The ramifications of this delay could include pushing enactment of a final appropriations package for fiscal 2018 into next January or February, which would in turn delay the FAST Act's Highway Trust Fund apportionment increases for a month past that, and delay 2018 TIGER and other discretionary grants even longer.

In This Issue

accessibility, Automated vehicles, emissions, Environment, equity
Scenario Planning for Automated Vehicles
In region after region, a growing chorus of leaders are calling for their city and metropolitan area to plan for a future of automated vehicles (AVs). Often these calls fall along a binary argument between what analysts call the “heaven’ and ‘hell’ scenarios (or ‘utopia’ or ‘dystopia’ visions) for AVs.
By Robert Puentes
Automated vehicles, connected vehicles, electric vehicles, Federal governance, Governance, Highways, Traffic safety
Congress, USDOT Reverse Course on Connected and Electric Vehicles
November 9, 2017 – This has been a big year for emerging vehicle technologies. President Trump praised American automakers on the campaign trail and afterwards, both chambers of Congress are expediting their automated vehicle (AV) legislation, and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao revised the federal government’s AV policies in September.
By Greg Rogers
Airports, Ballot measure, Bicycle, Bridges, Buses, Environment, Governance, Local governance, Pedestrian, Pedestrian safety, Public transit, Regional governance, Roadway design, State governance, Streets, Traffic safety
Local Transportation Funding Plans Largely Successful in This Week’s Elections
November 9, 2017 – A bevy of proposals to increase transportation spending at the state and local level, either through new indebtedness or dedicated tax revenues (or through indebtedness to be repaid by dedicated tax revenues) were largely successful in the November 7 elections.
By Jeff Davis
Federal governance, Governance, Homeland security, Maritime
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 13, 2017
Monday, November 13 – Senate Finance – full committee business meeting to mark up draft tax reform legislation – 3:00 p.m, room TBA. Thursday, November 16 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard – subcommittee hearing on Coast Guard readiness (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., SR-253 [...]
By Jeff Davis
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