Chicago’s New Transit Agency Begins a Long Transition September 4, 2026 | Philip Plotch On September 1, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) officially replaced the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) as the Chicago region’s...
FHWA Releases Final $7.5B of FY26 Highway Formula Funding to States September 4, 2026 | Jeff Davis FHWA on August 29 gave state departments of transportation an additional $7.5 billion in highway spending authority for fiscal year...
House Curtailing September Schedule, Likely Killing Chance of Enacting Surface Reauthorization This Year September 4, 2026 | Jeff Davis This week, House Republican leaders decided to cut the scheduled pre-election session short, sending members home to campaign two weeks...
Transportation Debt: TIFIA and RRIF Loans and How They Have Evolved Lately September 4, 2026 | Jeff Davis The interest rate on federal transportation loans has increased significantly over the last four years, just as the IIJA has...
House Passes, Trump Signs CR Averting Shutdown Until Dec. 12 September 4, 2026 | Jeff Davis This week, the House managed to pass ten weeks of stopgap appropriations by a vote of 370 to 48, having...
Reconnecting a Neighborhood in the Days After September 11 August 31, 2026 | New York City’s former traffic commissioner recounts the transportation challenges in the days after September 11 and how the city...
NTSB's Graham Resigning from Board August 29, 2026 | Jeff Davis Michael Graham has announced his resignation from the National Transportation Safety Board, effective on October 2, 2026.
Congress Returns, Hoping to Avert Government Shutdown - But No Sign of Surface Bill August 28, 2026 | Jeff Davis The House is back and in a hurry to pass the continuing appropriations measure, but there is still no sign...
Extreme Heat Presents Risks for Transportation Infrastructure August 28, 2026 | Grace Truslow Increasing occurrences of extreme heat creates vulnerabilities across transportation modes that transportation agencies must mitigate.
Off to the Races: How Early Primary States Could Impact 2028 Candidates’ Transportation Agendas August 28, 2026 | Sean Rafferty The DNC’s announced early nominating states fall short of the national average in transit ridership but closer to the median...
Rumblings of Discontent on “Baseline” Extension of Surface Programs August 28, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins Agencies face potential for significant reductions in federal funding as a result of a surface transportation extension that discontinues the...
UP/NS Merger Update: STB Establishes Procedural Timeline While UP and CN Reach Operating Agreements August 28, 2026 | Sohail Husain The STB has set a procedural schedule for the $85 billion Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, just as UP reached new...
