ISSUE / Week of October 29, 2018
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Ballot Measures,GovernanceNovember 02,2018 |Major Transportation Funding Proposals on Next Week’s Ballot
November 2, 2018 Next week's midterm elections hold major political ramifications for the United States given the high-profile Congressional, gubernatorial, statehouse, and mayoral choices... -
November 2, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation only closed three TIFIA loans in fiscal 2018, totaling $1.8 billion in loan face value. This was less than half of the new loan authority...
Eno Center Puts 32,000 Pages of Historic Transportation Research Online
October 31, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 31, 2018 The Eno Center for Transportation has put over 32,000 pages of its legacy transportation research and policy analysis online for the first time. From 1947 through 2003, the Eno...
Eno Staff Favorites from 57 Years of TQ
November 02, 2018 | Jeff DavisNovember 2, 2018 With the related announcement that the Eno Center has finally put the entire 57-year run of Traffic Quarterly (1947-1981) and Transportation Quarterly (1982-2003) online, some of...
Multimodal or Just Roads: Colorado to Decide Between Two Competing Visions for Transportation
November 02, 2018 | Alexander LaskaNovember 1, 2018 While voters across 30 states will see transportation ballot measures this Election Day, Coloradans are set to decide on two: one that funds road projects without raising new...
Agencies Issue Final Rule to Streamline Federal Permitting
November 02, 2018 | Alice GrossmanNovember 2, 2018 The Department of Transportation and three federal agencies issued a final rule this week that changes agency procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and...
Key Stakeholders Provide Comment on CAFE Standards Revision
November 02, 2018 | Brianne EbyNovember 2, 2018 In August, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly proposed the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles...
Defining the Success of Modern Airline Deregulation and Competition
November 02, 2018 | So Jung KimNovember 2, 2018 The Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets hosted scholars and a former airline executive on October 30 to discuss the legacy of Airline Deregulation Act (which marked 40...
FY18 Airport Grant Outlays: Mystery Solved
November 02, 2018 | Jeff DavisNovember 2, 2018 Two weeks ago, ETW wrote that the initial year-end fiscal 2018 reporting from the Treasury Department (the Monthly Treasury Statement for September 2018) showed something odd...