Issues & Modes / Freight
CP-KCS Merger Would Create Canada-US-Mexico Unified Railroad
Mar 25, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn what seems like the last, unfinished piece of 1990s railroad merger mania, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced on...
House T&I Examines Private Sector Role in Addressing Climate
Mar 19, 2021 | Brianne EbyOn March 17, the full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing titled “The Business Case for Climate...
Biden DOT Rewrites INFRA Grant Solicitation – But Will FY21 Be the Only Year Team Biden Gets to Select Projects?
Feb 26, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Biden Administration has released its revised version of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the fiscal year 2021 tranche...
First T&I Hearing of 2021 Looks at COVID and Transportation Workers
Feb 05, 2021 | Hayley BurtonAmong the various ways the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the nation is the health and safety of transportation workers and passengers,...
Buttigieg Sworn In As SecDOT, While New Personnel Announced
Feb 05, 2021 | Jeff DavisPete Buttigieg was sworn in as the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation on the morning of February 3, following a successful...
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...
Trucking Braces for ‘COVID Hangover’ and Ongoing Battles in 2021
Dec 29, 2020 | Jeff DavisClose attention is being paid to the team that will surround Buttigieg at DOT. Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for...
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...