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.
Today’s transportation industry workforce faces a myriad of challenges. Infrastructure is aging and funding to maintain and replace it is insufficient. Our transportation network is evolving before our eyes – from autonomous vehicles to incorporating resilience and sustainability measures as we design, build, and maintain our roads in the face…
Transformation is imminent in the transportation industry due to a combination of issues that headline our collective consciousness. These include the emergence of disruptive technologies, funding and safety concerns, aging infrastructure, and, not the least of which, workforce shortages. The path to the successful future we envision relies on attracting,…
Just-in-time (JIT) isn’t a phrase applied only to manufacturing. While in the past JIT revolutionized how companies created goods, it is also experiencing a renaissance as a new method for streamlining training delivery. JIT training happens when a person obtains information at the time they need to apply it, even…
Labor Day is the one day of the year dedicated to celebrating America’s workers. It marks the end of the summer and the beginning of a new season. It’s a time for backyard barbeques and last-minute vacations before the kids go back to school. While we prepare for our holiday…
There are several critical workforce challenges facing the U.S. transportation sector today and state departments of transportation are taking steps to “sound the alarm” about the situation. Roger Millar, secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation, provided some stark numbers on his agency’s workforce recruiting and retention situation during…
By nearly any measure, we are entering an age of significant technological innovation that is transforming every sector of our transportation and infrastructure systems. While dramatic change can be difficult to embrace in any industry, I believe the innovation and technological advancements we are experiencing in transportation today should be…
It is well known that public transit in the United States faces a workforce skills crisis. A lot of attention—properly—goes to training for skilled craft positions, like bus mechanics. At the Transportation Learning Center, we focus on the need for training in those occupations, particularly as new technology such as…