House Field Hearing Re-Assesses California’s High Speed Rail Project August 31, 2016 | Jeff Davis August 31, 2016 - House Railroad Subcommittee chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) decided to break up his long summer recess by...
Transportation Crossword Puzzle August 31, 2016 | Jeff Davis August 31, 2016 - This crossword puzzle is primarily based around federal transportation policy acronyms - acronyms for bills and...
50 Years Ago Today: House of Representatives Debates, Amends, Passes Department of Transportation Act August 30, 2016 | Jeff Davis August 30, 2016 - Fifty years ago today, the U.S. House of Representatives amended and passed landmark legislation creating a...
The Infrastructure Opportunity August 25, 2016 | Robert Puentes As we careen toward the November election, there does not seem to be much upon which Hillary Clinton and Donald...
Capital Convergence: Innovation in Washington August 25, 2016 | Greg Rogers The proliferation of mobile technology and the rapid acceleration of computer processing power have driven a renaissance of innovation across...
EPA Says It Can Set Fuel Efficiency Standards for Aircraft but Manufacturers Wait for ICAO August 24, 2016 | Rui Neiva August 24, 2016 - While the Environmental Protection Agency now says it can regulate greenhouse gas emissions of aircraft, manufacturers...
The FTA’s New Mass Transit Safety Program Rule, Explained August 24, 2016 | Jeff Davis On August 11, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing a public transportation...
CBO Update Shows Little Change in Transportation Funding, Revenues August 24, 2016 | Jeff Davis August 24, 2016 - New budget estimates from the Congressional Budget Office continue to show a dismal long-term federal fiscal...
Guest Op-Ed: Use Incentives, Not Brute Force, To Encourage Needed MPO Consolidation August 24, 2016 | Steve Heminger DOT should put away the rule book and take out its check book to address MPO governance reform. We may...
GAO: General Aviation Contributed Up to $2 Billion to HTF August 24, 2016 | Rui Neiva August 24, 2016 - A new GAO report says that vendors of jet fuel for general aviation have contributed up...
BTS Releases Smartphone App Version of Pocket Guide to Transportation August 24, 2016 | Greg Rogers The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released a smartphone app version of its annual Pocket Guide to Transportation which, while...
Point/Counterpoint: MPO Consolidation, Round 2 August 24, 2016 | Jeff Davis This week, we have a second round of guest op-eds relating to the U.S. Department of Transportation's proposed rulemaking that...
