A History of the Secretary’s Ability to Approve (or Disapprove) Highway Projects
March 4, 2022 – How far does the Transportation Secretary’s legal authority to approve or disapprove state highway projects go?
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 7, 2022
Tuesday, March 7 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials – subcommittee hearing on Surface Transportation Board reauthorization (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Tuesday, March 7 – House Energy and Commerce – Subcommittee on Energy – subcommittee hearing on the future…
Administration Predicts HTF Will Need Additional Bailout Before End of IIJA
March 1, 2022 – The Treasury Department today predicted that the Highway Trust Fund will need another $12 billion bailout before the expiration of the new bipartisan infrastructure law (the IIJA).
Federal Court Suspends “Social Cost of Carbon” Standard
February 18, 2022 – A federal judge in Louisiana on February 11 issued an injunction halting the use of the interim “social cost of carbon” metric being used by the Biden Administration in all ongoing federal rule makings.
Guest Op-Ed: What Would a Land Value Tax Mean for Transportation?
February 18, 2022 – In many ways, one of our country’s greatest needs in transport has nothing to do with improving the system itself but, rather, in reforming ineffective local tax policies. The United States needs to reimagine space on a grand scale. The best policy to do that is a land value tax.
Guest Op-Ed: Reimagining Communal Growth After COVID-19
February 18, 2022 – There is an opportunity on the horizon to build and develop equitable, accessible, and multimodal transportation networks that serve every facet of the traveling public, and it is born from the urban sprawl witnessed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With this urbanization, comes a chance to plan and engineer growing communities with consideration for a more equitable future.
House Subcommittee Explores IIJA Impact On Small Businesses
To paraphrase the classic musical “Annie Get Your Gun,” there’s “no business likes small business.” At least, that’s what the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development explored this week. On February 15, lawmakers and stakeholders met to discuss the impact of the Investing…
Dickson Stepping Down as FAA Administrator
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Government Shutdown Averted (Again), Deadline Pushed to March 11
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Where Did the “Only 10-15% of the Infrastructure Bill Went to Real Infrastructure” Canard Come From?
February 18, 2022 – Where did the (false) stat that only 10-15 percent of the bipartisan infrastructure law’s funding went to real infrastructure come from, and why won’t it go away?