Issues & Modes / People & the Environment
Senate Clears Defense/Water/Coast Guard Bill After Rejecting Manchin Permitting Amendment
Dec 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisLast night, the Senate voted to approve the 4,310-page legislative behemoth based on the national defense authorization bill (NDAA),...
CBO Releases Overview of GHG Emissions in Transportation
Dec 15, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has released a helpful research overview entitled Emissions of Carbon Dioxide in the...
Pols Push Albany On Ideas for Free Bus Rides
Dec 14, 2022 | Robert Puentes“You have to make sure it’s at a level that doesn’t result in worse service,” said Robert Puentes, president and CEO of the Eno...
Inflation Is Cutting into States’ Big Infrastructure Windfall
Dec 03, 2022 | Jeff Davis“It’s still eating away slowly but surely,” said Jeff Davis, a senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, a Washington,...
Shining More Lights on a Multi-Billion Dollar Problem: High Costs for Transit Construction
Oct 28, 2022 | Philip PlotchEno and the NYU Marron Institute have been trying to answer similar questions. Marron Institute has been assessing “Why do...
Eno Attends White House Summit on Accelerating Infrastructure
Oct 14, 2022 | Paul LewisWhat matters as much as $1 trillion in infrastructure spending? Making sure that money gets spent on time, on task, and on budget....
Eno Releases New Rail Transit Project Delivery Report
Sep 30, 2022 | Paul LewisThe Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides public transportation programs with $90 billion in guaranteed funding over...
Manchin Permitting Reforms Revealed; Senate Test Vote on Tuesday
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisSen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has finally released the text of his environmental permitting reform bill, which Congressional leaders have...
Webinar: On the Right Track: Rail Transit Project Delivery Around the World
Sep 29, 2022 | Karen PriceEno’s newest study builds the ongoing initiative to improve transit rail project delivery in the United States. In On the Right...
Innovative ‘Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project’ in Northern Virginia to Open on Time this Year
Sep 14, 2022 | Jeff DavisAs Jeff Davis, a Senior Fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, recently noted: “If sustained highway cost inflation averages...
Transportation May Be Left Out of Permitting Reform
Aug 05, 2022 | Jeff DavisAs part of his deal with Democratic leaders to gain his support for the budget reconciliation bill, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has also...
FTA Opens Applications for Initial $343M Tranche of Transit Station Accessibility Grants
Jul 29, 2022 | Ethan McLeodFederal transportation officials this week announced the opening of an application round for a new federal grant program that will help...