June 17, 2022 – U.S. freight railroads and their unions took steps this week to enter the final phase of their latest labor negotiation, setting a possible timetable where Congress might have to vote in mid-September to impose a settlement or else see the first nationwide railroad worker strike since 1992.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/railroad-railway-rail-safety-track-train-worker-scaled-7.jpg17062560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2022-06-17 16:40:402023-04-14 11:24:34Schedule Set for Possible National Railroad Strike in Mid-September
June 17, 2022 – The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week held a wide-ranging hearing with railroad regulators, labor leaders, and industry executives and stakeholders about safety issues affecting the country’s 140,000-mile freight rail network.
Tuesday, June 21 – House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – subcommittee markup of draft FY 2023 Energy and Water appropriations act – 5:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn. Wednesday, June 22 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider items including S. 4357…
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/us-capitol-325342_1920-e1478720897913.jpg502750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2022-06-17 13:56:212023-04-14 11:24:31Capitol Hill Events – Week of June 20, 2022
June 10, 2022 – The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing this week on how to improve the nation’s road infrastructure and reduce traffic deaths.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/iStock-163654089-scaled-2.jpg17042560Ethan McLeodhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngEthan McLeod2022-06-10 15:14:162023-04-14 11:24:23Lawmakers Discuss Road Safety, Spike in Traffic Deaths at House Hearing
June 10, 2022 – Gas prices are bad, but once you adjust for inflation, they still have a ways to go before they get as bad as they were in the summer of 2008, new data shows.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pumping-gas-1631634_1280-e1473280958192.jpg502750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2022-06-10 15:12:312023-06-27 17:12:08Gas Prices, Adjusted for Inflation, Now Highest Since 2008
June 10, 2022 – Yesterday, the Seattle Times reported that Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington, the former head of the Los Angeles County mass transit agency (and former Eno Board of Directors member), will be named by President Biden as his nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration “within days.”
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June 10, 2022 – The House of Representatives passed legislation this week authorizing the federal government to commit $19 billion towards building a system of dikes to protect the Houston, Texas area from climate change-related flooding.
