https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-white-house-1623005_1280-e1481145598155.jpg427750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2019-05-03 16:09:462023-06-27 18:23:59White House Meeting Results in $2T Infrastructure Goal, No Agreement on Pay-Fors
May 3, 2019 – In 1947-48, the “Hoover Commission” outsourced its analysis of government to outside task forces, which often contradicted each other. The Brookings Institution recommended creation of a Department of Transportation, but Robert Moses recommended a Department of Works instead.
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May 3, 2019 – This week, the bipartisan leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced a bill (H.R. 2440) that would allow the immediate spend-down of $9.3 billion in balances that have built up in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF).
May 2, 2019 – The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released updated baseline budget projections for the ongoing fiscal year 2019 and the ten-year period of fiscal 2020-2029. The new baseline estimates that the cost of keeping the Highway Trust Fund solvent at baseline spending levels (FY 2019 enacted levels plus annual inflation increases of around 2 percent per year) has risen to about $176 billion, which is about $12 billion higher than the $164 billion that CBO projected in its January 2019 preliminary baseline.
May 2, 2019 – The new chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) yesterday released a project status update that fleshes out the plan outlined by new Governor Gavin Newsom to focus on completing and implementing high-speed rail service on a 171-mile corridor from Merced in the north to Bakersfield in the south, at a cost of $20.4 billion.
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Tuesday, May 7– House Rules – full committee hearing on a special rule for consideration of H.R. 2157, FY19 disaster relief appropriations – 5:00 p.m., H-313, The Capitol. Wednesday, May 8 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full committee business meeting to mark up items including H.R. 2440, Harbor Maintenance…
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April 24, 2019 – On April 16, Sound Transit and King County Metro, in partnership with the City of Seattle, introduced a new mobility on demand (MOD) service to examine and improve access to five Link light rail stations.
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