December 11, 2019 – A long-awaited new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation was quietly released last week (two years late) and indicates that the U.S. is already spending enough money on highway capital improvements in the U.S. to maintain the existing system but badly underfunding mass transit state of good repair.
December 9, 2019 – After weeks of delay, Congressional negotiators at 9:30 p.m. released the text of the final House-Senate conference agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2019 (S. 1790), which would ban mass transit agencies from using federal funds from purchasing rail cars or buses from Chinese-owned or Chinese-domiciled companies, and would penalize transit agencies that use their own funds for such procurements.
December 9, 2019 – How much buying power has the federal gasoline tax lost over the years, and how have consumers felt past gasoline taxes in their daily lives?
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In this op-ed, Martin Wachs explores how transportation agencies can preserve sensitive land, enhance species habitat, and deliver transportation projects more quickly by partnering with environmentalists.
December 6, 2019 – New data from the Treasury Department shows that USDOT started 2019 with $157.2 billion in undisbursed funds, received another $76.1 billion in new funding during the year, and disbursed $80.7 billion. This, along with $420 million in lapsed funding, balance writedowns, rescissions, and transfers, left the Department holding $152.2 billion at the end of the year.
November 20, 2019 – AARP, The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC), and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) convened a Roundtable of industry leaders on opportunities to improve mobility and promote a new future for Demand Responsive Transportation (DRT).
Ken Dunlap examines policy recommendations for safely integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), how many organizations employ UAS, and how existing regulatory structures align with their use.
December 6, 2019 – The Federal Highway Administration has begun publishing the voluminous tables that will eventually comprise Highway Statistics 2018 as part of the ongoing Highway Statistics Series.
December 6, 2019 – Updated data on state transportation capital spending for 2019 shows that states still have not brought their spending levels back to pre-recession levels, in inflation-adjusted dollars.