All Aboard for a Review of the Rail Programs May 20, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins Numerous policy and program changes are included for the passenger rail programs int he BUILD America 250 Act.
Appropriators Respond to 22% USDOT Funding Cut With $7.8B in Transfers from IIJA Advances May 20, 2026 | Jeff Davis The House Appropriations Committee has responded to a tight spending allocation by taking $7.8 billion in unspent IIJA advance appropriations...
Diving into T&I Transit Policy Changes May 19, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins The T&I transit title includes a wide range of changes to programs, policy, and statute.
Reviewing Major Changes in the Highways Title May 18, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins Reviewing the highway title of the Graves Larsen BUILD America 250 bill.
Graves and Larsen Release $474 Billion Surface Transportation Bill May 18, 2026 | Jeff Davis The bipartisan leaders of the House T&I Committee have agreed on a five-year surface transportation bill to be marked up...
Mass Transit Agency Fiscal Woes: Nine Tables and Charts May 15, 2026 | Philip Plotch In 9 tables and charts, see how metro areas are facing sluggish transit ridership and revenues that are not keeping...
Transit Title Policy Speculations May 15, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins Dozens of House bills have been introduced this Congress and could be included in a new transit title by the...
Mass Transit: Pandemic Ridership Recovery and Agency Adaptions May 15, 2026 | Grace Truslow As ridership numbers have nationally recovered to around 80% of pre-pandemic numbers, transit agencies must contend with meeting changing ridership...
Surface Transportation Reauthorization, FY27 DOT Budget May Advance in Committee Next Week May 15, 2026 | Jeff Davis Both the surface transportation reauthorization bill and the fiscal 2027 transportation appropriations bill may see committee action next week.
Trump Endorses Gas Tax Holiday, but R's on Capitol Hill Are Quiet May 15, 2026 | Jeff Davis President Trump this week endorsed proposals for a gasoline tax holiday that Democrats in Congress have been advocating since last...
Mass Transit: Status of the Capital Investment Grant Program, and What's Next May 15, 2026 | Jeff Davis What's next for the Capital Investment Grant program? The Trump Administration will need to start signing new grant agreements soon,...
House FY27 Spending Bills Show Few Signs of Conforming to Trump Budget May 14, 2026 | Jeff Davis Seven of the twelve annual spending bills for fiscal 2027 have been released in the House, and the large aggregate...
