ISSUE / Weeks of May 30 and June 6, 2022
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The annual appropriations process for fiscal year 2023 started in the House of Representatives this week when the House on June 8 adopted a resolution (H. Res. 1121) giving the House Appropriations...
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Highway Safety,Traffic SafetyJune 10,2022 |Lawmakers Discuss Road Safety, Spike in Traffic Deaths at House Hearing
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing this week on how to improve the nation’s road infrastructure and reduce traffic deaths....
Phil Washington Rumored for FAA Administrator
June 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the Seattle Times reported that Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington, the former head of the Los Angeles County mass transit agency (and former Eno Board of Directors member),...
FHWA Solicits Applications for $2.4B in Bridge Project Funding
June 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis morning, the Federal Highway Administration opened the process of giving out the first $2.36 billion of a five-year, $12+ billion competitive grant program for bridge replacement and repair...
DOT Releases Standards for EV Charging Infrastructure
June 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis week, the Department of Transportation released a proposed rule governing the $5 billion electric vehicle charging infrastructure formula program create by the bipartisan infrastructure law....
Highway Construction Costs Jumped At Least 7.3 Percent in 2021
June 07, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration this week released the last highway construction cost inflation data for calendar year 2021, and the 12-month average of the National Highway Cost Construction...
Annual Update: Lost Gas Tax Purchasing Power, 2021 Edition
June 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisWith the related release of the final 2021 highway construction cost inflation number by the Federal Highway Administration, we can update our estimate how how much buying power the federal excise...
Gas Prices, Adjusted for Inflation, Now Highest Since 2008
June 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Energy Information Administration reported this week that the average retail price of a gallon of gasoline rose to $4.55 on average in the month of May, and a gallon of diesel fuel cost...
House Passes Mammoth Water Resources Authorization by Wide Margin
June 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed legislation this week authorizing the federal government to commit $19 billion towards building a system of dikes to protect the Houston, Texas area from climate...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of June 13, 2022
June 09, 2022 | Jeff DavisTuesday, June 14 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials – subcommittee hearing on freight rail safety (witness list to be...