Issues & Modes / Governance
Ballot’s Up: A 2022 Retrospective
Feb 03, 2023 | Jonathan HammondWith the dust finally settled from the 2022 midterm elections and new (as well as incumbent) elected officials sworn in over the...
Guest Op-Ed: Increasingly Autonomous Flight and Operations: Airspace Integration Considerations
Feb 03, 2023 | Parimal KopardekarThere is much interest in autonomous systems and their operations in the national airspace system. When it comes to autonomous systems,...
Committees, Most Subcommittees Set for 118th Congress
Feb 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisSlowly but surely, the new 118th Congress is organizing, with the Senate finally naming members to committees yesterday afternoon....
Moving MaaS: The Situation in Singapore
Feb 03, 2023 | Jonathan HammondToday, city inhabitants have access to almost a dozen different modes of transportation. However, almost a dozen different modes of...
1971 UMTA Feasibility Study for Federal Mass Transit Operating Subsidies
Jan 30, 2023 | Jeff DavisThis 139-page PDF file is the study commissioned by section 9of the Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1970. That law required...
Should Federal Grants Favor Highway Repair Over Expansion?
Jan 29, 2023 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, said it’s already clear that the Biden administration plans to direct...
Congress’s Messy ‘Fix-It-First’ Fight Heats Up
Jan 23, 2023 | Jeff Davis“Enactment of a CRA resolution doesn’t just overturn the rulemaking; it sows the earth with salt,” wrote Jeff Davis of Eno...
17 New Republicans Named to House T&I; Tom Cole to Chair THUD Appropriations
Jan 20, 2023 | Jeff DavisThis week, a House Republican leadership panel named 17 new members to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (subject...
Schumer Calls for Quick Confirmation of Phil Washington to FAA
Jan 20, 2023 | Jeff DavisSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued a public statement on January 15 calling for the quick confirmation of Phil...
McCarthy (Finally) Makes Progress Towards Getting Speakership
Jan 06, 2023 | Jeff DavisAfter a week of gridlock, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA) finally made progress towards getting a majority of the House to...
Biden Re-Nominates FAA, Amtrak, FMC Nominees
Jan 06, 2023 | Jeff DavisWhen the Senate adjourned sine die at the end of the 117th Congress, at 11:30 a.m. on January 3, all pending legislation died, and all...
Larsen to Take Lead Democratic Role on House T&I Panel
Dec 21, 2022 | Jeff DavisDel. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has announced that she was dropping her bid to replace the retiring Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) as the...