September 6, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Transportation on August 29 announced that 20 highway bridge replacement projects would split $225 million in grant money provided by the 2018 omnibus appropriations act as part of a one-time-only competitive bridge grant program for rural states.
September 5, 2019 – Yesterday, the White House issued an official endorsement of a version of language banning mass transit rolling stock procurements from Chinese manufacturers that includes buses as well as railcars, in a blow to electric bus manufacturer BYD.
September 5, 2019 – The White House Office of Management and Budget sent its list of requests for special treatment in the forthcoming stopgap continuing appropriations measure that Congress must enact by September 30 – and that list does not include fixes for pending highway and mass transit funding problems, as advocates had hoped.
Wednesday, September 11 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Highways and Transit – subcommittee hearing on congestion pricing for roadways (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Wednesday, September 11 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee oversight hearing on the Transportation Security Administration –…
September 5, 2019 – The Federal Highway Administration has given an additional $4.0 billion in use-it-or-lose-it highway funding authority to state DOTs for fiscal year 2019, which they must obligate by September 30.
September 2, 2019 – In January 1959, President Eisenhower asked Congress to increase the federal gasoline tax by 50 percent in order to prevent the Highway Trust Fund from running out of money later that year. Congress and the states did not receive the request well.
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