Issues & Modes / Transit
House Passes FY16 Transportation Appropriations Bill
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJune 11, 2015 The House of Representatives has passed a fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill for transportation and housing programs...
President Nominates Rail, Pipeline/Hazmat Administrators
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJune 4, 2015 Last Friday, President Obama made two long-awaited nominations for senior safety regulatory positions at the U.S....
2-Month HTF Extension Signed – What Now?
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJune 4, 2015 On Friday evening (May 29), President Obama signed into law the second short-term extension of the MAP-21 law (the bill...
Excerpts From the White House Statement of Administration Policy on House DOT Approps.
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisSAP issued June 1, 2015 Veto-worthy (1): “The President's senior advisors would recommend that he veto H.R. 2577 and any other...
Transportation-Related Amendments Offered to the FY16 THUD Bill in the House on June 3
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff Davis(More amendments, all of which are “limitation” amendments (“no funds in this act may be used for such-and-such”) were offered...
House Starts Work on FY16 Transportation Appropriations
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJune 4, 2015 The House of Representatives has begun consideration of the fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill for transportation and...
Senate Appropriations Hands Out FY 2016 Spending Allocations
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMay 21, 2015 Like its House counterpart, the Senate panel was forced to work from the revised Budget Control Act total of $1,016.6...
Senate Action on 2-Month Extension May Be Last Pre-Recess Business
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMay 21, 2015 Today is shaping up to be a very long day in the United States Senate, and passage of a two-month extension of Highway...
Week of July 13, 2015: Odds and Ends
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisWednesday, July 15 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider S. 1732, the...
House Panel Approves FY16 USDOT Budget
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMay 14, 2015 The House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the fiscal 2016 appropriations bill for the Department of...
Getting to the Route of It: The Role of Governance in Regional Transit
Sep 09, 2015Metropolitan regions are the economic engines of our nation and public transit is the machinery that enables the largest metropolitan...
Interesting Chart of the Week
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMay 6, 2015 When looking at federal spending programs over a long period of time, the actual dollar amounts are not particularly...