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Updated HTF Forecast From CBO Due Jan. 28

January 17, 2020/

Budget, Highway Trust Fund, Public/Private Partnerships

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USDOT Solicits Applications for $906M in FY20 INFRA Grants by Feb. 25

January 17, 2020/

FASTLANE, FY20, Highways

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By Jeff Davis

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House to Consider $1.25 Billion in FHWA Emergency Relief Appropriations Week of Jan. 27

January 16, 2020/

Appropriations, FY20, Highways

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By Jeff Davis

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Guest Op-Ed: Less Spectrum Means Less Safety

January 16, 2020/

Highway Safety, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Safety, USDOT

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By Shailen Bhatt

We rarely hear about the 37,000 people who die every year on our roads. The statistics are staggering, which is a big part of the problem – we are numb to the numbers. But these are people – like Colorado State Trooper Cody Donahue, who I knew when I ran…

Study Commissioned by Congress Recommends Increasing Airport PFC Cap by $3 per Passenger

January 16, 2020/

Airports, Funding & Finance

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By Jeff Davis

January 16, 2020 – A new study from the RAND Corporation, commissioned by Congress in 2018, recommends that the statutory maximum passenger facility charge (PFC) levied by airports be increased from $4.50 per passenger to $7.50 per passenger, that the increase be limited to originating airports only, and that the new $7.50 cap be indexed for inflation (tied to the Producer Price Index for construction materials) thereafter.

OMB, CBO $918m Apart on Scoring FY20 THUD Appropriations

January 16, 2020/

Appropriations, FY20

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By Jeff Davis

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White House Releases Overhaul of NEPA Implementing Regulations

January 10, 2020/

Emissions, Environment, Federal Governance, Project Delivery

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By Brianne Eby

January 10, 2020 – On December 9, the White House released a proposed rule to overhaul the enforcement of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Administration Releases AV 4.0 Document

January 8, 2020/

Automated Vehicles, USDOT

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By Jeff Davis

January 8, 2020 – The Trump Administration today released the fourth iteration of a federal government policy statement on automated vehicles (AVs). The document, entitled Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies, was unveiled by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios in a presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

New Session of Congress Begins Amidst Lack of Certainty

January 3, 2020/

Federal Governance

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By Jeff Davis

January 3, 2020 – The Second Session of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress began at noon today, but the agenda for the House and Senate, at least in the short term, is not clear.

Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 6, 2020

January 3, 2020//

Thursday, January 9, 2020 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment – subcommittee hearing on proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (witness list to be posted here) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.