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House Appropriators Start FY20 Cycle

May 2, 2019/

Appropriations, FY20

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Newsom Team Releases Revised California High Speed Rail Plan

May 2, 2019/

High-Speed Rail

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By Jeff Davis

May 2, 2019 – The new chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) yesterday released a project status update that fleshes out the plan outlined by new Governor Gavin Newsom to focus on completing and implementing high-speed rail service on a 171-mile corridor from Merced in the north to Bakersfield in the south, at a cost of $20.4 billion.

Capitol Hill Events – Week of May 6, 2019

May 2, 2019//

Tuesday, May 7– House Rules – full committee hearing on a special rule for consideration of H.R. 2157, FY19 disaster relief appropriations – 5:00 p.m., H-313, The Capitol. Wednesday, May 8 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full committee business meeting to mark up items including H.R. 2440, Harbor Maintenance…

Senate GOP Budget Assumes Additional Highway User Tax Revenue Equal to 18 Cent Gas Tax Increase

April 16, 2019/

Budget, Fuel tax, FY20

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By Jeff Davis

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House Adopts FY20 Spending Plan: Appropriations Bills to Move Forward in May

April 12, 2019/

Appropriations, Budget, FY20

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By Jeff Davis

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House Hearing Pushes Case For Unlocking Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund

April 12, 2019/

Maritime, Ports

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By Jeff Davis

April 12, 2019 – An April 10 hearing before the the House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee discussed waterborne transportation and appeared designed to make the case for legislation unlocking $9.3 billion in past collections for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund – legislation that seems very likely to be included in the forthcoming infrastructure initiative from House Democrats.

FTA Funds Five Small Starts, Speeds Up Funding Schedule for Caltrain, Chicago Core Capacity

April 12, 2019/

Transit

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By Jeff Davis

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Chao Defends FY20 Budget Request Before House Appropriators

April 12, 2019/

Appropriations, FY20

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By Jeff Davis

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Why is the Mass Transit Account Less Solvent Than the Highway Account?

April 11, 2019/

FY20, Transit

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By Jeff Davis

April 11, 2019 – Congress has chosen to let mass transit spending get significantly farther ahead of its dedicated revenue stream than highways has gotten ahead of its revenue stream, comparatively speaking.

FY20 Transit Apportionments Face Automatic 12 Percent Cut

April 11, 2019/

FY20, Highway Trust Fund, Transit

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By Jeff Davis

April 11, 2019 – Yesterday, the Treasury Department announced that the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund has failed its forward-looking solvency test for fiscal year 2020. As a result, unless Congress passes new legislation fixing the problem, apportionments of FY 2020 mass transit formula funding to transit agencies will be reduced by around 12 percent from the levels provided by the FAST Act.