ISSUE / Week of October 26, 2015
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October 29, 2015 Late yesterday afternoon the House of Representatives voted 266 to 167 to approve a two-year budget deal negotiated by outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and the White House....
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Federal Governance,FreightOctober 29,2015 |Congress Clears 3-Week HTF Extension (With PTC); Highway Bill On House Floor Next Week
October 29, 2015 Both Houses of Congress cleared legislation this week that will extend expiring Highway Trust Fund spending authority for three more weeks (through November 20, 2015), which the...
USDOT Announces $485 Million in FY15 TIGER Grants
October 29, 2015 | Jeff DavisOctober 29, 2015 The Department of Transportation today announced the recipients of $485 million in national infrastructure investment (a.k.a. TIGER grant) funding for fiscal year 2015. In a...
The Rules of the Road: Then Versus Now
October 29, 2015 | Ann HeneberyOctober 29, 2015 The 20th century brought with it many things, but the most notable (for all us transportation nerds) may have been the automobile. The automobile not only changed how people...
Delta Airlines Leaves Airlines for America
October 28, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONOctober 28, 2015 On Tuesday, Airlines for America (A4A), the airline industry's biggest trade association, announced that Delta Airlines would discontinue membership effective April 2016. In...
House Passes Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization Bill
October 29, 2015 | Jeff DavisOctober 29, 2015 The House of Representatives on October 27 passed legislation reauthorizing and reforming the Export-Import Bank of the United States by the comfortable vote margin of 313 to 118....
Eno’s Transit Senior Executive Course Passes With Flying Colors
October 29, 2015 | Ann HeneberyOctober 29, 2015 Last week Eno held it's annual Transit Senior Executive (TSE) Program here in Washington, D.C. This year-long leadership program brings the top transit executives from around the...
House Hearing Previews NHTSA Vehicle Safety Portions of Surface Reauthorization Bill
October 29, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONOctober 28, 2015 The House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) has released a discussion draft of legislation to reauthorize the vehicle safety activities of the National Highway Traffic and...
Senate Hearing Examines FAA’s Approach to Drones
October 29, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONOctober 29, 2015 Concerns of drones interacting with the protected national airspace (NAS) continue to increase on Capitol Hill. Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations ‘ subcommittee on...