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Senate Hearing Looks at Hours of Service Rules, Minimum Age Requirements, and Technology Issues in Trucking

February 7, 2020/

Trucking, Trucking Workforce

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Capitol Hill Events – Week of February 10, 2020

February 6, 2020//

Tuesday, February 11 – House Energy and Commerce – Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce – subcommittee hearing on autonomous vehicles and the challenges of evolving technologies – 10:00 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Tuesday, February 11 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Aviation – subcommittee hearing on the future…

FTA Gives Out $9.9 Billion in FY20 Mass Transit Formula Grants

February 5, 2020/

FY20, Transit

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By Jeff Davis

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.

How Does the New CBO Baseline Affect the Senate Highway Bill?

February 5, 2020/

Highway Trust Fund, Infrastructure

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By Jeff Davis

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?

Ways and Means Looks at Difficult Issue of Paying for Infrastructure

January 31, 2020/

Highway Trust Fund, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Bank, Mileage-Based User Fees, Tolls

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By Jeff Davis

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FHWA Gives $37.6B in FY20 Highway Funding to States

January 31, 2020/

Appropriations, FY20, Highways

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By Jeff Davis

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Senate Panel Looks at Build America Bureau and USDOT Rural Initiative

January 31, 2020/

Infrastructure

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By Alice Grossman

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.

Transportation Tax Receipt Forecast: Gasoline Still on the Decline, but Trucking and Airline Growth to Continue

January 31, 2020/

Aviation, Fuel tax, Highway Trust Fund

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By Jeff Davis

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USDOT Signs $790m Light Rail, Four Small Start Grant Agreements

January 31, 2020/

Appropriations, Transit

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By Jeff Davis

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.

Senators Propose Naming USDOT Headquarters Building for William Coleman

January 31, 2020/

Federal Governance

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By Jeff Davis

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.