June 21, 2018 – Members on both sides of the aisle grilled Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Administrator Howard “Skip” Elliott on the administration’s failure to meet its deadlines in implementing congressional mandates at a Thursday hearing of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
June 22, 2018 – A $14.7 billion package of spending cuts died in the Senate this week when the chamber voted, 48 yeas to 50 nays, against discharging the bill from the Appropriations Committee. The House-passed bill (H.R. 3) now remains in the Appropriations Committee, almost certain to languish until it dies at the end of the Congress.
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June 22, 2018 – The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has schedule a June 27 vote on approving the nomination of Heidi King to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Her nomination had been scheduled for a vote on May 22 but was pulled at the last minute because Democratic opposition to the nomination was solidifying and because not all Republicans might have ben able to attend due to a schedule conflict.
June 22, 2018 – Yesterday, the White House proposed an ambitious plan for reorganizing many agencies the federal government along functional lines, parts of which have been proposed in the past by Administrations of both parties and much of which makes a lot of sense. But the proposal was largely lost in the media maelstrom of the week, and fundamental reorganization of the government has become next to impossible unless there is a clear political-media laser-like focus on a specific area of reform, which seems to be lacking here.
June 14, 2018 – On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing entitled, “Innovation and America’s Infrastructure: Examining the Effects of Emerging Autonomous Technologies on America’s Roads and Bridges.”
June 15, 2018 – How are the House and Senate FY 2019 appropriations bills fulfilling the promise of $10 billion per year in additional infrastructure funding?
June 14, 2018 – In last Tuesday’s primary, California voters decided on a mix of state and regional transportation measures.
June 14, 2018 – Dockless bikesharing companies like Lime and Spin have begun to create innovative approaches to overcoming equity challenges and serve those who are bankless or do not have a smartphone.
June 14, 2018 Now that the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have approved their versions of the fiscal 2019 Transportation-Housing appropriations bill, we can start comparing the House and Senate bills and trying to figure out what a final compromise legislative product might look like.