May 14, 2021 – On May 13, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing, “Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Resiliency, Part 1: Protecting Our Nation’s Transportation Systems.”
May 13, 2021 – The White House announced today that President Biden’s first budget request will be transmitted to Congress on Thursday, May 27.
May 12, 2021 – The Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports held a hearing on May 11 to discuss the state of competitiveness and federal investment in multimodal freight throughout the United States.
May 12, 2021 – Net deposits in the federal Highway Trust Fund dropped by 90 percent in April versus the month before, but don’t panic.
Tuesday, May 18 – Senate Finance – full committee hearing on funding and financing options for infrastructure (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., virtual. Tuesday, May 18 – House Energy and Commerce – Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce – subcommittee hearing on the potential of automobile technologies (witness list…
May 7, 2021 – A hearing before the House Railroads Subcommittee yesterday revealed sharp partisan division over high-speed rail in general and over two ongoing projects in particular.
May 7, 2021 – Ensuring that infrastructure remains defined as type of investment that is repaid over many years opens up new ways of paying for that infrastructure.
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has long advocated for the benefits autonomous vehicles can bring to the nation’s transportation system, namely safety, improved efficiency and their economic impact. There have been four major guidance updates that have solidified the basis for safe automated vehicle (AV) operations, clarified the roles…
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May 7, 2021 – The discussion in this week’s House high-speed rail hearing of a possible federal trust fund to support Amtrak capital expenditures prompted ETW to do some recollecting of how the “Amtrak trust fund” issue played out the last time Congress got serious on the issue – in 1997.