October 3, 2019 – The Federal Highway Administration had to give Texas an additional $208.4 million in FY 2020 to meet the 95 percent “donor state” tax payment guarantee, which was then deducted from the other 49 states plus D.C.
October 2, 2019 – This article explains precisely how the FAST Act of 2015 ties each state’s annual federal-aid highway funding total to the last year of the SAFETEA-LU Act (fiscal 2009), which in turn relied on real-world apportionment factors as of the year 2007, and the distribution of earmarked projects by well-placed members of Congress in the summer of 2005.
September 27, 2019 – The House Railroad Subcommittee held a hearing on September 24 to examine the state of commuter rail in America.
September 27, 2019 – This week, the Federal Highway Administration formally lifted a 103-year-old regulation that has banned the use of patented or proprietary materials in federal-aid highway projects.
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September 27, 2019 – The EPA this week threatened to start enforcing emissions rules that would force areas of California to cancel planned highway projects and either lose that funding or else build transit projects instead.
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September 26, 2019 – The Federal Transit Administration signed a formal grant agreement this week with the Tempe, Arizona transit agency, promising $75 million in federal funding towards a new $192 million streetcar project.
The House of Representatives and Senate are scheduled to be in a two-week recess from September 30 – October 14, 2019 (the timing of the Jewish holidays, Columbus Day, and the end of the fiscal year all lined up to enable a two-weeker this year). No committee meetings are scheduled.