ISSUE / Weeks of August 6 and August 13, 2018
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FASTLANE,FreightAugust 17,2018 |Federal Freight Focus Shifts Inland – and Zeroes In on Complex Policy Questions
August 16, 2018 Five years after labor disputes out West caused operations at 29 ports to grind to a halt, federal focus on freight transportation seems to be moving toward intermodal connectors... -
Air Traffic Control,AmtrakAugust 17,2018 |
Could a Federal Revolving Fund Help Transportation Infrastructure?
August 17, 2018 Very little of the Trump Administration's infrastructure initiative made it relatively intact into House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Bill Shuster's (R-PA) draft...
Guest Op-Ed: Investing in the Transportation Workforce of Tomorrow
August 17, 2018 | Joanne PetersonAugust 15, 2018 On a sun-drenched day this past June, officials from LA Metro and the County of Los Angeles gathered at a long-vacant lot in South Los Angeles to announce the kick-off of our...
Field Hearing on California HSR Addresses Management Controls, Continued Commitment
August 17, 2018 | Brianne EbyAugust 16, 2018 Last Thursday (August 9), the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials met in California for a field hearing on the status of the state’s high-speed...
Senate Returns From Recess, Still Doesn’t Bring Up FAA Bill
August 17, 2018 | Jeff DavisAugust 17, 2018 The U.S. Senate returned to Washington this week after a nominal one-week recess that was actually 14 days long and conducted a workweek that lasted just over 24 hours. The...
Chart of the Week – HTF Highway Account Spending Rates
August 17, 2018 | Jeff DavisAugust 17, 2018 Because August is a really slow month, we were getting caught up on our various database activities and decided to put together a chart visualizing the annual cycle of payments...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of August 20, 2018
August 16, 2018 | Jeff DavisThursday, August 23 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee hearing to examine pending nominations including Joel Szabat to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for...