ISSUE / Weeks of August 27 and September 3, 2018
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Appropriations,FASTLANESeptember 05,2018 |Ten Years of Highway Trust Fund Bankruptcy: Why Did It Happen, and What Have We Learned?
September 5, 2018 Ten years ago today, the U.S. Department of Transportation made the stunning announcement that the federal Highway Trust Fund had run out of money and that state governments... -
September 4, 2018 As Eno continues its examination of transportation at the ballot box during the 2018 midterm elections, we find that measures to raise revenue are not the only ones attracting...
FAA Reauthorization In “Pre-Conference” – But What Does That Really Mean?
September 06, 2018 | Jeff DavisSeptember 6, 2018 The leaders of the House and Senate transportation committees told reporters this week that they are working to "pre-conference" their disagreements on the Federal Aviation...
9 of 12 FY19 Spending Bills Soon to Be in House-Senate Conference
September 06, 2018 | Jeff DavisSeptember 6, 2018 Congressional negotiators continue to make progress on the fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills – progress that would have been just an average budget cycle in the 1980s or...
Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on TSA Oversight
September 06, 2018 | Brianne EbySeptember 6, 2018 Yesterday, less than one week before the 17th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing to assess...
FHWA Distributes Record $4.2 Billion of Extra “August Redistribution” Highway Money to State DOTs
September 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisSeptember 4, 2018 Last week, the Federal Highway Administration distributed $4.2 billion in additional highway formula funding for fiscal year 2018 to state DOTs. The annual "August...
Under Secretary Highlights DOT’s Work in Automated Vehicles at GHSA Annual Meeting
September 06, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONSeptember 4, 2018 The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) held its Annual Meeting in Atlanta last week. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Getting to Zero: Partnerships in...
Schools, Private Sector Teaming Up to Address Freight Workforce Training Challenges
September 06, 2018 | Alexander LaskaSeptember 5, 2018 In an effort to address occupational and skills gaps in the freight transportation industry, ports and private entities are teaming up with schools to help bring more young...
Senate Commerce Committee Approves Aviation and Amtrak Nominees and USDOT Reporting Bill
September 06, 2018 | Alexander LaskaSeptember 5, 2018 The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved Wednesday two transportation-related nominees and a bill to streamline Department of Transportation reporting...
FHWA Asks 25 Rural States to Submit Applications for $225 Million in Bridge Grants
September 06, 2018 | Jeff DavisSeptember 6, 2018 The Federal Highway Administration yesterday published a funding notice in the Federal Register letting the 25 U.S. states with the lowest population densities know that they...
Does More Federal Highway Spending Mean More Total Highway Spending?
September 06, 2018 | Jeff DavisSeptember 4, 2018 The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a working paper last week summarizing all the available economic studies of whether or not federal highway funding supplements, or...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 10, 2018
September 06, 2018 | Jeff DavisThursday, September 13 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials – subcommittee hearing on positive train control (PTC)...