February 5, 2020 – This week, the Federal Transit Administration apportioned $9.9 billion in federal grant funding to local transit agencies and state governments to fulfill the bulk of the fiscal year 2020 funding promised by the FAST Act of 2015.
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February 4, 2020 – How much money would the Senate highway bill – endorsed by President Trump in his State of the Union message last night – require to be deposited in the Highway Trust Fund in order to keep the Trust Fund solvent?
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January 31, 2020 – A Senate hearing this week looked at the TIFIA Rural Projects Initiative (RPI), RRIF Express, and the new Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) initiative.
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January 31, 2020 – In the last two weeks, the U.S. Department of Transportation has signed five grant agreements totaling $974 million in federal appropriations for new mass transit projects and extensions under the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program.
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January 31, 2020 – A bipartisan group of Senators this week introduced a bill to name the U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters building after former Secretary William Coleman, the first African-American SecDOT.
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January 30, 2020 – As Congress starts debating infrastructure funding, any increase in motor fuels taxes will have to address the looming mass transit funding imbalance that did not exist when Congress was debating earlier tax increases.
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Tuesday, February 4 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety – subcommittee hearing on stakeholder perspectives on trucking (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., SH-216 Hart. Wednesday, February 5 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials – subcommittee hearing…
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