Eno Launches New Podcast Series with Jeff Davis
November 18, 2022 – Eno has launched a new series that aims to help listeners cut through the underbrush of the jungle that is the federal budget making process.
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 28, 2022
Tuesday, November 29 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee business meeting to vote on nominations, including Shailen Bhatt to be Federal Highway Administrator (agenda here) – 10:00 a.m., SD-406 Dirksen. Wednesday, November 30 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee hearing on the private sector…
Democrats Face House Losses, but Just How Big a Wave?
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Senate Control Likely to Be a Close Call in 2022 Races
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Changes in Transportation Committee Leaders Driven Largely by Retirements and Term Limits
November 4, 2022 – Many of the changes in control of Congressional transportation policy and funding that will take effect next year are guaranteed no matter which party wins next week’s elections. Some changes are happening because of retirements, and others because of internal term limits on committee chairmen.
Transportation at the Ballot Box: What to Watch
November 4, 2022 – On Election Day next week, voters in at least 21 states will decide on hundreds of important questions related to transportation investments, policy, and practice in their states, regions, and localities.
Looking to the Horizon: How Agencies are Anticipating the Mass Transit Fiscal Cliff
November 4, 2022 – Eno’s analysis of the National Transit Database shows the size and scope of the looming mass transit fiscal cliff.
USDOT Spent Record $114 Billion in FY 2022
October 28, 2022 – The final Monthly Treasury Statement for fiscal year 2022 revealed that the U.S. Department of Transportation spent a net $113.7 billion in fiscal year 2022, an all-time high.
Shining More Lights on a Multi-Billion Dollar Problem: High Costs for Transit Construction
October 28, 2022 – Eno and the NYU Marron Institute have been trying to answer similar questions. Marron Institute has been assessing “Why do transit-infrastructure projects in New York cost 20 times more on a per kilometer basis than in Seoul?” while Eno has been asking: “Why does the U.S. pay more than a 50 percent premium to build at-grade and tunneled rail projects?”
Higher Interest Rates Could Keep Highway Trust Fund Afloat Another Year After IIJA Expires
October 28, 2022 – When the Federal Reserve increases interest rates to fight inflation, the Treasury Department has to pass those higher rates on to the balances held by federal trust fund accounts like the Highway Trust Fund. And if any of those trust funds have artificially high balances, that interest can add up quickly.