October 2, 2020 – The Treasury Department announced this week that seven passenger airlines had closed loans under the authority provided in the March 2020 CARES Act, totaling at least $13 billion out of the $25 billion in allowable loan authority.
Wednesday, October 7 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee hearing on the status of the U.S. passenger and freight rail network (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., SR-253 Russell. (The House is not expected to return to D.C. until after the elections. But Senators may have to…
October 1, 2020 – The new COVID aid bill pending in the House would provide more transit aid, and spread it far more widely, than the earlier House proposal from four months ago.
September 25, 2020 – The House of Representatives has passed a one-year extension of the FAST Act by a wide bipartisan vote, and the Senate is set to agree next week.
September 25, 2020 – There has never been another year quite like this one. But through it all, core values have been tested, reaffirmed, and reinforced. Even with ridership down sharply, millions of people are still moving on transit, and transit continues to be essential to city living. Public transportation continues as a strategy to restore urban communities that will be stronger, more sustainable, more resilient, and more equitable.
September 25, 2020 – In the case of transit agency partnerships with TNCs, experience from the Los Angeles and Puget Sound regions can shed light on the challenges and opportunities of integrating fare payment systems among private mobility services and public transit operators.
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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.
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.