Buttigieg Outlasts 6-Hour T&I Oversight Hearing

September 22, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 22, 2023 - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg survived a six-and-a-half-hour hearing before the full T&I panel on September 20...

What Will Happen to Transportation During a Lapse-of-Appropriations Shutdown

September 22, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 22, 2033 - If we get to September 30, eight days hence, and there is no law in place...

House Budget Blueprint Assumes Major Transportation Cuts When IIJA Expires

September 21, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 21, 2023 - The House Budget Committee approved a budget-balancing federal fiscal blueprint this week relying on massive spending...

Senate Starts Debate on Annual DOT Appropriations but Makes No Progress

September 15, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 15, 2023 - The Senate began debate on a three-bill funding package that includes the annual DOT budget this...

Which Highway Programs Gave Back Unused Funds in FY 2023?

September 15, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 15, 2023 - We now have the full details of which FHWA competitive grant programs spent money so slowly...

House Members File Floor Amendments for Homeland Security Funding

September 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 8, 2023 - House members have filed 187 amendments to the FY24 Homeland Security appropriations bill, but almost none...

Senate to Consider Annual DOT Funding Bill Next Week

September 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 8, 2023 - The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on Monday evening to take up a three-bill package...

Biden Nominates Whitaker to Head FAA

September 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 8, 2023 - Yesterday, President Biden nominated Michael Whitaker to be the next FAA Administrator.

Shutdown Drama Will Dominate September Session

September 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 8, 2023 - The main focus of Congress for the rest of September will be the avoidance of a...

FHWA Gives Record-High $7.9 Billion to States in Annual "August Redistribution" of Highway Funding

August 31, 2023 | Jeff Davis

August 31, 2023 - Today, the Federal Highway Administration distributed $7.915 billion in extra highway funding to states, on the...

Summer Break Begins as House Appropriations Plan Flounders

July 28, 2023 | Jeff Davis

July 28, 2023 - Congress has left town for the August recess without demonstrating that House Republicans have the votes...

Driving Change: Advice For The National VMT-Fee Pilot (A Special Excerpt)

July 28, 2023 | Robert Puentes

July 24, 2023 - A special excerpt from the Eno Center for Transportation's latest research report Driving Change: Advice for...