House Advancing Budget With No Place for Surface Reauthorization July 17, 2026 | Jeff Davis The budget blueprint to be considered by the House next week has no place for a surface transportation reauthorization bill,...
Is the Sun Setting on Standard Time? July 17, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins The House passed a bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent, but final passage in the Senate may be complicated...
Deregulatory Review: DOT Rulemaking under the Second Trump Administration July 17, 2026 | Sean Rafferty The DOT rolled back federal regulations at unprecedented speed during the first year of President Trump's second term.
DOT Gives Out Another $1.7 Billion of BUILD Grants July 17, 2026 | Jeff Davis The Department of Transportation on July 7 announced the recipients of $1.7 billion in multimodal transportation grant funding under the...
Changes to Republican Conference Committee Seats and Leadership July 17, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins The death of Senator Lindsey Graham will result in changes to committee seats and leadership.
DOGE at DOT: a Post-Mortem on Cost Savings and Workforce Cuts July 17, 2026 | Sean Rafferty The Department of Government Efficiency officially terminated on July 4, 2026, leaving DOT with mass workforce cuts and questionable savings.
CBO Says House Surface Bill Needs $150B GF Transfer Through 2031 July 12, 2026 | Jeff Davis The CBO score of the House surface transportation bill says that even with EV fees, the Highway Trust Fund needs...
GIS Application in Transportation Policy: Railroad Grade Crossing Safety July 2, 2026 | Sohail Husain GIS Analysis is a useful tool for transportation policy, and this piece applies the GIS-analysis model to railroad grade crossing...
House Surface Bill Still Faces Uncertain Path Forward July 2, 2026 | Jeff Davis The House of Representatives left town this week having accomplished almost nothing and without having taken any visible action on...
Congress Passes 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, but Leaves Out Transit July 2, 2026 | Sohail Husain In June, Congress passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and the bill now awaits the President’s signature. But...
