ISSUE / Weeks of August 22 and 29, 2022
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FY22,InfrastructureSeptember 06,2022 |Status Check: The First Year of IIJA Competitive Grant Funding
Last year's bipartisan infrastructure law (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA) provided a significant boost in annual funding across many modes of infrastructure, and devoted a... -
Amtrak,RailSeptember 06,2022 |
Opinion: Three Questions the Senate Should Ask the Amtrak Board Nominees
In his 1987 history of the Federal Reserve, Secrets of the Temple, journalist William Greider told a funny story illustrating the Fed’s history of situational claims as to whether it is a public...
White House Requests RAISE Grant Extension, Extra Corps Funding in CR
September 05, 2022 | Jeff DavisContinuing its recent practice of waiting as late as possible on Friday afternoon to send out its news announcements, the White House on September 2 released its request list for special treatment in...
FHWA Narrowly Avoids Lapse of FY22 Highway Funds in August Redistribution
September 06, 2022 | Jeff DavisAfter some extra encouragement from the Federal Highway Administration, state DOTs collectively managed to request just enough highway funding permission to be exercised before the end of the fiscal...
New TRB Report Analyzes “Flex” Transfers of Federal Highway Aid
September 06, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released a new report looking for trends in the ways that states utilize their ability to...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 5, 2022
September 04, 2022 | Jeff DavisWednesday, September 7 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee hearing to consider the five Amtrak Board of Directors nominations plus the Primus (Surface Transportation...