What Would It Take To Raise $2 Trillion for Infrastructure?
May 10, 2019 – If you were to try to find “pay-fors” to fund a $2 trillion infrastructure spending plan, what would those pay-fors look like?
Trends in International Travel Part 1: Changing Patterns of International Aviation
May 2, 2019 – Eno conducted an analysis of the international market for air travel in November 2018 for the Japan International Transport Institute. This multi-part ETW series details some of the most interesting facts and findings of that work. Although the research does not predict the future or propose any recommendations, the results are instructive for thinking about how international air service has evolved over the past few decades.
White House Meeting Results in $2T Infrastructure Goal, No Agreement on Pay-Fors
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Pre-1960s Attempts to Create a U.S. Department of Transportation – Part 3: the Hoover Commission Task Forces (Robert Moses vs. the Brookings Institution)
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.
Trump Nominates New CFO for USDOT
May 3, 2019 – President Trump has nominated John Kramer to be Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
T&I Leaders Introduce New Harbor Maintenance Funding Bill
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).
CBO Updates 10-Year Cost of HTF Solvency to $176 Billion
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.
House Appropriators Start FY20 Cycle
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Newsom Team Releases Revised California High Speed Rail Plan
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.
Capitol Hill Events – Week of May 6, 2019
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…