A Counterpoint to, "A Constrained Federal Aid Highway Program: Rightsizing for the 21st Century?" January 19, 2015 January 19, 2015
The Highway Trust Fund: It’s a Millennial Problem January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 | Elizabeth Bastian Before embarking for a long summer vacation, Congress has disappointingly failed, once again, to pass an updated multi-year surface transportation...
A Counterpoint to, "A Constrained Federal Aid Highway Program: Rightsizing for the 21st Century?" December 25, 2014 December 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton BY KEVIN HEANUE Transportation Consultant In the October edition of Eno Brief, Steve Lockwood presented one view of a future...
Time for Autonomous Vehicles to Disrupt Transportation Planning December 25, 2014 December 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton BY MARK McDOWELL Transportation Consultant Over the coming decades autonomous vehicles (AVs) will insinuate themselves into our society and the...
2015: Year of Opportunity for Federal Transportation Policy? December 25, 2014 December 25, 2014 As we look back on 2014, it is hard to draw many positive conclusions about recent progress on federal transportation...
Overview of Final FY 2015 USDOT Appropriations December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 | Jeff Davis December 9, 2014 - Provides an preliminary overview of appropriations for federal transportation and public works programs in the final...
How To Get A Transportation User Tax Increase Through the House of Representatives December 4, 2014 December 4, 2014 | Jeff Davis December 4, 2014 - Yesterday, the House quietly passed a bill that increases the federal user charge on inland waterways...
Congress Returns For Hectic Final Session December 2, 2014 December 2, 2014 | Jeff Davis December 2, 2014 - As Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess to face what is supposed to be the last...
Myths Surrounding Devolution of Federal Transportation Programs November 25, 2014 November 25, 2014 As the lame-duck session of Congress approaches, there is nascent optimism within the transportation community that perhaps this could be...
Congressional Leadership & Committee Elections Begin November 21, 2014 November 21, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 20, 2014 - Members-elect of the upcoming 114th Congress have begun electing party leaders and selecting committee leaders. All...
The Highway Trust Fund Under TEA21, SAFETEA-LU and MAP-21 November 20, 2014 November 20, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 20, 2014 - The following chart shows Highway Trust Fund annual new spending obligation authority granted by Congress (obligation...
President Nominates NHTSA, STB Heads November 20, 2014 November 20, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 20, 2014 - As the USDOT nomination backlog at the White House builds, President Obama in recent days has...
