ISSUE / Weeks of September 5 and 12, 2022
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After some cajoling from the Biden Administration and an all-night negotiating session, the leaders of the remaining holdout railroad unions joined with the nation's freight railroads in agreeing on...
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Today is September 16, which means that fiscal year 2022 expires two weeks from today. Usually, by this point in time, we have some clarity on what the stopgap continuing resolution (CR) extending...
Eno Launches New Research Initiative to Help Define Parameters for a National VMT Fee Pilot
September 16, 2022 | Paul LewisWhat if we charged drivers by the miles they drove rather than the gallons of fuel their cars consume? Perhaps more importantly, how would such a system work and what would the challenges be if we...
Costs of Highway Construction Rose 20%, 1Q 2021 to 1Q 2022
September 15, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis week, the Federal Highway Administration updated its official measure of highway and bridge construction costs to indicate that those costs have increased by 20 percent in just one year (from...
House Hearing Outlines Need to Resolve Interagency Disputes for Enforcing Cargo Preference
September 15, 2022 | Philip PlotchOn September 12, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly issued a report critiquing the U.S. Maritime Administration’s monitoring and enforcement of “cargo preference.” Two...
FHWA Nominee Sails Through Senate Confirmation Hearing
September 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisHere's a hint for future Administrations looking to choose a nominee to run the Federal Highway Administration who will get through a dysfunctional Senate quickly: Pick a candidate who used to...
DOT Announces $1.5 Billion in FY22 INFRA Grants
September 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday announced the fiscal 2022 recipients of grants under the INFRA program first established by the FAST Act of 2015. A total of 27 projects are splitting...
Pekoske Confirmed for 2nd Term Heading TSA
September 15, 2022 | Jeff DavisIn a rare example of continuity between the Trump and Biden Administrations, the U.S. Senate this week confirmed President Biden's renomination of President Trump's Transportation Security...
Eno Signs MOU with WTS International
September 09, 2022 | Robert PuentesEarlier this week, the Eno Center for Transportation signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with WTS International. Originally known as the Women's Transportation Seminar, WTS his focused on...
Senate Amtrak Hearing Avoids Big-Picture Issues
September 09, 2022 | Jeff DavisIt’s a pivotal time for Amtrak, and Congress gave the nation’s passenger railroad $22 billion in the recent bipartisan infrastructure law without any kind of detailed plan or even an agreed-on...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 19, 2022
September 15, 2022 | Jeff DavisTuesday, September 20 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment – subcommittee hearing on the Clean Water Act at 50 – 10:00 a.m., 2167...