Senate Panel Approves Inman's NTSB Nomination

December 8, 2023

December 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis

December 8, 2023 - The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday approved the nomination of Todd Inman to be...

DOT Establishes Multimodal Freight Office

December 1, 2023

December 1, 2023 | Jeff Davis

December 1, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Transportation this week announced the establishment of its new Office of Multimodal...

House Finally Gets A (Relatively Unknown) Speaker

October 27, 2023

October 27, 2023 | Jeff Davis

October 27, 2023 - After three weeks of leaderless tedium, the House of Representatives on October 25 elected fourth-term Rep....

DOT Pledges TOD Funds for Conversion of Downtown Offices to Housing

October 27, 2023

October 27, 2023 | Kirbie Ferrell

October 27, 2023 - The White House released new actions, including a guidebook of tools and opportunities, in response to...

How the House Went from Anti-Urban to Pro-Urban in 8 Years

October 27, 2023

October 27, 2023 | Jeff Davis

October 27, 2023 - How did the U.S. House of Representatives go from being the more pro-rural chamber to the...

FAA Administrator Whitaker Confirmed, Sworn In

October 27, 2023

October 27, 2023 | Jeff Davis

October 27, 2023 - Mike Whitaker was sworn in for a five-year term as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration...

FAA Nominee To Be Confirmed by Senate Next Week; Amtrak Board Nominees Advance Through Committee

October 20, 2023

October 20, 2023 | Jeff Davis

October 20, 2023 - President Biden's FAA nominee will get a Senate floor vote next week, but one of his...

FAA Nominee Receives Warm Welcome at Senate Hearing

October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 | Jeff Davis

October 6, 2023 - Mike Whitaker, the new nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration, received a generally warm hearing...

8 Republicans, 208 Democrats Remove House Speaker, Paralyzing the Chamber

October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 | Jeff Davis

October 6, 2023 - On October 3, eight backbench Republicans banded together with a unified House Democratic Caucus to depose...

Buttigieg Outlasts 6-Hour T&I Oversight Hearing

September 22, 2023

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...

The 2020 Census and "Urban Areas" (not to be confused with "Metro Areas")

September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023 | Jeff Davis

September 15, 2023 - Fiscal year 2024 will be the first year in which the new Census boundaries for urban...

Biden Nominates Whitaker to Head FAA

September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023 | Jeff Davis

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