White House Nominates Third STB Member
July 6, 2018 – The White House announced last night that President Trump will nominate Martin Oberman of Chicago to be a member of the railroad-regulating Surface Transportation Board.
New Multi-State Plan Outlines Priority Actions for Increasing Zero-Emissions Vehicle Adoption
July 5, 2018 – The nine states of the Multi-State Zero-Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Task Force released a new action plan this week outlining priority actions to rapidly accelerate the adoption of ZEVs in their states.
FTA Formalizes New Local Funding Evaluation Criteria for New Starts
July 6, 2018 – Last Friday (after ETW went to press), the Federal Transit Administration sent out a “Dear Colleague” letter to transit agencies around the country formalizing the Trump Administration’s new approach to evaluating the local financial contribution to new mass transit projects.
Capitol Hill Events – Week of July 9, 2018
Wednesday, July 11 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Aviation – subcommittee roundtable discussion on counter-UAS issues (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Wednesday, July 11 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee hearing on the long-term value to U.S. taxpayers of low-interest infrastructure…
What’s the Purpose of Mass Transit? – Part 2
July 6, 2018 – Continues the story of the federal role in mass transit from January 1963 through the law establishing a Department of Transportation – without a role in mass transit – in late 1966.
Senate Banking Leaders Introduce Rail Transit Inspection Bill
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New Jersey Submits Final (?) Portal North Bridge Funding Plan; Port Authority Takes Over Hudson Tunnel Sponsorship
June 29, 2018 – Today, the group of New York and New Jersey entities responsible for the Gateway Program (the $30+ billion portfolio of rail projects in those two states used by Amtrak and local transit agencies) submitted a revised plan for the first project in the portfolio and a status update on the second project (which is by far the biggest project in the portfolio, or indeed the country, at least as far as projects trying to get federal mass transit dollars goes).
Divided Commerce Panel Advances NHTSA Nominee
June 28, 2018 – The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has approved the nomination of Heidi King to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) by a party-line vote of 14 to 13.
Portman and McCaskill Seek Further Legislation on Permit Streamlining
June 26, 2018 – Two and a half years after the enactment of FAST-41, Senators Portman and McCaskill convened a roundtable of stakeholders to discuss progress and next steps.
House Subcommittee Examines Growing Commercial Space Transportation Industry
June 27, 2018 – There was no shortage of suggestions for how federal regulators can better accommodate the growing commercial space transportation industry at Tuesday’s hearing of the House Subcommittee on Aviation.