Issues & Modes / Freight
Trump Team Drafted FY21 BUILD and INFRA Funding Notices with New Transparency Requirements
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisAs some of their last official actions, the Trump Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation expedited the drafting of...
Railroads Successfully Implement Positive Train Control Technology Two Days Before Extended Deadline
Jan 15, 2021 | Christian PiñeiroThe railroad industry can finally rest easy after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced the successful implementation...
Final FY21 Appropriations Provide More Water Infrastructure Funding Increases
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2021 provided another round of funding increases for Corps of Engineers water...
Omnibus Legislation Includes Water Resources, Pipeline Safety Bills
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe year-end omnibus fiscal legislation passed by Congress yesterday included two separate recurring bills negotiated by the House...
Year-End Package Extends Rail Tax Credit Forever, Clean Fuel Credits Temporarily
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisAmong the umpteen other items in the omnibus year-end fiscal legislation passed by Congress yesterday was a package of extensions of...
House Passes WRDA Compromise, but Bill Looks Dead in Senate
Dec 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed a compromise biennial authorization bill for the Army Corps of Engineers water resources program...
WRDA Bill (Now With Stimulus!), One-Week CR On House Floor This Week
Dec 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisCongress is expected to pass a one-week extension of federal appropriations this week, from the current expiration date of Friday,...
Time Running Out for Water Resources, Aviation Certification Bills in This Congress
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisSeveral key transportation and infrastructure bills are still unsettled, and time is rapidly running out for this Congress to...
Mammoth Defense Bill Contains Coast Guard, Maritime, Airport Provisions
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisLast night, House and Senate negotiators on the annual national defense authorization bill released the final version of this year's...
October Job Numbers Show Impact of Aviation Layoffs
Nov 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe monthly jobs report for October came out this morning, and it shows almost 18,000 net job losses in aviation last month. This was...
End-of-FY20 Report on Aviation, Water Trust Funds
Oct 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Airport and Airway Trust Fund had a predictably bad year in fiscal 2020 (since Congress shut off tax collections halfway through...
Webinar Recap: Transportation Spending and Planning in the Time of COVID
Sep 25, 2020 | Madeline GormanThe coronavirus pandemic has hammered state and municipal budgets across the United States. A recent analysis from the National League...