January 15, 2021 – The railroad industry can finally rest easy after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced the successful implementation of positive train control (PTC) across all required routes on December 29, 2020.
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January 15, 2021 – Eno was recently awarded a research grant for the Transportation Research Board’s Transit Cooperative Research Program to study challenges, best practices, and innovative practices among fixed-route, flexible-route, and on-demand bus operators.
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January 15, 2021 – The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has set a date for a confirmation hearing for South Bend, Indiana mayor (and former presidential candidate) Pete Buttigieg to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 21.
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Tuesday, January 19 – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – full committee hearing on the anticipated nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be Secretary of Homeland Security – 10:00 a.m., SD-342 Dirksen. Thursday, January 21 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee hearing on the anticipated nomination of…
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/united-states-capitol-1675540_1280-e1498241828742.jpg422750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2021-01-12 21:51:552023-04-14 11:12:43Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 18, 2021
January 8, 2021 – “With real interest rates at zero or below, shouldn’t the federal government just borrow the money to pay for something worthwhile, like a big infrastructure initiative?”
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January 8, 2021 – Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao was the first Cabinet-level Trump official to resign in protest of President Trump’s role in inciting the mob that attacked the Capitol Building on January 6.
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January 8, 2021 – Democrats will soon have control of the U.S. Senate by the slimmest possible margin, to go along with a razor-thin margin of control in the House of Representatives and control of the White House.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/senate-chamber-edited.jpg533800Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2021-01-08 13:10:352023-04-14 11:12:37Party Control of Senate to Switch on Jan. 20
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-50-100-benjamin-scaled-7.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2021-01-08 11:42:572023-04-14 11:12:38With Unified Democratic Control, Can “Budget Reconciliation” Be Used for Infrastructure?