Issues & Modes / People & the Environment
White House Issues Regulatory Freeze, Orders Analysis and Rollback of Trump Regulations
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisOn his first day in office, President Biden and his staff signed a series of orders intended to freeze, and where possible, roll back...
Biden Signs Transportation Mask Mandate, but USDOT Must Actually Implement It
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisYesterday, President Biden signed a new executive order directing federal agencies to "require masks to be worn in compliance with CDC...
Last COVID Bill of 2020 Gives An Additional $45 Billion to Transportation
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe final major legislation to be passed by Congress in 2020 contained another $0.9 trillion in COVID-related fiscal relief spread...
How Could USDOT Organize Around Climate Under Biden?
Dec 16, 2020 | Jeff DavisPresident-elect Joe Biden has indicated that climate change will be one of the biggest, if not the absolute biggest, focus of his...
Text of Bipartisan COVID Relief Bill Finally Introduced
Dec 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe bipartisan group of federal legislators who have been working on a compromise COVID-19 relief bill for weeks finally released the...
One More Week to Go on Omnibus, COVID Negotiations
Dec 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisA possible government shutdown starting tonight was averted this afternoon when the Senate agreed to a one-week continuing resolution...
Eno Releases First Iteration of Transit Construction Cost Database
Dec 11, 2020 | Romic Aevaz and Paul LewisA growing cadre of researchers, advocates, and experts are asking: why does it cost so much to build infrastructure, particularly...
Bipartisan Offer May Be the Needed Breakthrough on COVID Relief Talks
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisAfter the collapse of the daily COVID relief talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin a...
Transit Reform for Maryland: New Models for Accountability, Stability, and Equity
Nov 11, 2020 | Brianne Eby and Paul LewisThe Central Maryland area of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, and...
Omnibus Appropriations, COVID Aid Top Lame-Duck Agenda
Nov 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisAs absentee and provisional ballots continue to be counted, it appears as of this writing (2:15 p.m. Nov. 6) that Joe Biden will expand...
Webinar: Toward Universal Access
Nov 19, 2020 | Madeline GormanThis webinar is an overview of Toward Universal Access: A Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions, which is the fourth...
Toward Universal Access: A Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions
Nov 05, 2020 | Alice Grossman and Katherine IdziorekToward Universal Access is the fourth paper in our research report series examining the Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound...