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House Passes Stopgap Appropriations Through December 11

September 25, 2020/

Appropriations, FY21

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House-Passed Extension Gives Highway Funding Increase to Texas and Colorado – And No One Else

September 25, 2020/

FY21, Highway Trust Fund, Highways & Streets

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By Jeff Davis

September 24, 2020 – Federal Highway Administration estimates confirm that Texas will get a large highway funding increase in 2021 and Colorado will get a de minimis increase, while every other state and the District of Columbia will see its federal highway apportionments reduced slightly from the 2020 levels.

Webinar Recap: Transportation Spending and Planning in the Time of COVID

September 25, 2020/

Congestion Pricing, Federal Funding, Highways, Infrastructure, Project Delivery, Public transit, Public/Private Partnerships, TNCs, Trucking

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By Madeline Gorman

September 25, 2020 – Throughout this lively discussion, one thing remained clear—infrastructure projects will play a much different role in the post-COVID future and returning to old solutions will not address the problems of today.

DOT Announces $321 Million in CRISI Rail Grants

September 25, 2020/

FY20, Rail

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By Jeff Davis

September 25, 2020 – On September 23, USDOT announced the 50 recipients sharing $321 million in railroad funding grants from this year’s tranche of the CRISI grant program.

House Committee Asked to Propose New Improvements to USDOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

September 24, 2020/

Equity, Federal Governance

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By Christian Piñeiro

September 24, 2020 – The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing to discuss the impacts of – and potential improvements to – the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program.

Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 28, 2020

September 24, 2020//

Wednesday, September 30 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations – subcommittee hearing on DHS management of trusted traveler programs (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., 310 Cannon. Wednesday, September 30 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full committee business meeting to mark up bills…

VMT Stabilized in July; Gas Production Indicates This May Be “New Normal” Level

September 24, 2020/

Traffic

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By Jeff Davis

September 24, 2020 – Total vehicle miles-traveled (VMT) on U.S. roadways in July 2020 was down 11.2 percent from the July 2019 level, and this may represent a “new normal” traffic level in the age of COVID.

Culmination of a Four-Year Research Project: Eno’s Work on Eisenhower

September 18, 2020/

Governance

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By Madeline Gorman

September 18, 2020 – In celebration of the dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in downtown Washington this week, Eno’s Jeff Davis published the results of a four-year research project into the transportation policy documents of the Eisenhower Library and other National Archives facilities

Guest Op-Ed: Annoyance and Drones: How Optimizing Flight Paths Can Reduce Potential Noise Impacts

September 18, 2020/

Unmanned Aerial Systems

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By Eddie Duncan, INCE Bd. Cert,

September 18, 2020 – Drones are cost effective and easy to operate. However, the same physical characteristics that make multicopter drones appealing, such as their small size and associated high/irregular blade speeds, also contribute to their distinctive buzzing sound—which, as it turns out, is often annoying.