October 24, 2019 – The Highway Trust Fund ran a “real” cash deficit of $12.45 billion in fiscal year 2019, which was slightly less than the $12.63 billion deficit it ran in fiscal year 2018. However, this was entirely due to receipts from the three taxes that fall exclusively on the trucking industry being up $1.4 billion from last year. HTF outlays were $884 million higher than last year, while receipts from gasoline, highway diesel fuel, and other motor fuels were stagnant.
October 18, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Transportation on October 8 announced a new initiative for promoting and coordinating rural transportation needs.
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October 18, 2019 – A global summit of city leaders held in Copenhagen last week included panels on environmentally sustainable streets and transportation emission reductions.
October 18, 2019 – Data from the newly released 2018 American Community Survey shows that telework continued its upward trend, while driving alone to work trended slightly downward. Several regions that had a reduction in the share of workers driving alone had a corresponding increase in biking and walking to work.
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October 18, 2019 – A House hearing on transportation network companies mainly on safety and security of TNC users, but also covered discussed driver protections, equity, and the interface of the government and public agencies with private TNC companies.
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October 17, 2019 – The Congressional Budget Office today released a new report which estimated that, if a nationwide VMT tax had been in use in 2017, it would have raised $2.6 billion for each cent-per-mile of the tax rate if applied to all commercial trucks, but that yield would have been cut to $1.6 billion for each cent-per-mile if the tax was only levied on combination (tractor-trailer) trucks.
