ISSUE / Week of September 14, 2015
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Appropriations,Federal BudgetSeptember 18,2015 |Concerns Grow Over Possible Government Shutdown on October 1 as “CR” Consideration Delayed Again
September 18, 2015 Republican leaders are continuing to work to avert a partial government shutdown that would start on October 1, but dissension in their ranks over Planned Parenthood is making... -
Amtrak,Commuter RailSeptember 18,2015 |
GAO Issues New Report Showing Just How Badly Most Railroads Will Miss Dec. 31 PTC Deadline
September 18, 2015 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report analyzing the deadline for the implementation of positive train control (PTC). The report concluded that the...
Oct. 1 Shutdown Would Exempt FHWA and FMCSA; Life & Safety Exemptions Would Keep Over Half of USDOT Employees At Work
September 18, 2015 | Jeff DavisSeptember 18, 2015 The government shutdown that might take effect on October 1 would be caused by the lapse of discretionary appropriations. Once fiscal year 2015 expires at midnight on September...
House Highway Markup Likely Slipping To First Week of October
September 18, 2015 | Jeff DavisSeptember 18, 2015 With the Senate having passed a three-year surface transportation reauthorization bill (which aspires to be a six-year bill), and the latest shutdown deadline for the Highway...
BTS Releases Passenger Travel Facts and Figures 2015
September 18, 2015 | Jeff DavisSeptember 18, 2015 The Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released Passenger Travel Facts and Figures 2015, a 94-page report summarizing basic demographic and economic characteristics of...
Senate Commerce Holds Feinberg Nomination Hearing
September 18, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONSeptember 18, 2015 Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to consider the nomination of Sarah Feinberg as the Administrator of the Federal Railroad...
House Science Panel Marks Up Highway Research Legislation
September 18, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONSeptember 18, 2015 Last Thursday, September 10, the committee on Science, Space, & Technology’s subcommittee on Research and Technology marked up the committee print of the “Surface...