Issues & Modes / Governance
Filling Gaps in US Spectrum Allocation: Reforms for Collaborative Management
Feb 27, 2023 | Joe Kane, Garett Shrode, Jessica Dine, Robert PuentesElectromagnetic spectrum is the range of radiation energy that carries everything from visible light to X-rays, microwaves, and gamma...
Phil Washington Will Finally Get A Hearing – But Will He Be Asked to Give Up Army Pension?
Feb 24, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation has finally scheduled a confirmation hearing for Phil Washington's nomination to run...
Final Senate Subcommittee Roles Announced
Feb 24, 2023 | Jeff DavisNow that the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee have announced their...
Biden Nominates Ann Carlson to Head NHTSA
Feb 17, 2023 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden announced on February 13 that he will nominate Ann Carlson, the Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic...
House T&I Holds Wide-Ranging Aviation Hearing
Feb 10, 2023 | Robert PuentesOn Tuesday, February 7, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a broad hearing on aviation as a first step in the...
Biden May Call Out Airlines, Tout Infrastructure Funding at SOTU
Feb 06, 2023 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis, senior fellow at think-tank Eno Center for Transportation, said that 2023 was already scheduled to be the “year of...
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...