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FTA Commits First FY18 Capital Investment Grant Funding

May 18, 2018/

Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Rail

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Eno Releases New Recommendations for Improving the Nation’s Rail Transit Infrastructure

May 18, 2018/

Public transit, Railroads

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By Paul Lewis

May 17, 2018 – On Monday, Eno released a new report, Tools for a Smoother Ride: Managing Rail Assets and Leveraging Competition, which outlines the reforms needed to bring our rail systems into a state of good repair. The report’s recommendations include five steps that agencies and governments can take to reform and modernize how the industry approaches maintaining rail systems.

Senate Subcommittee Questions Commuter Rail’s Lack of PTC Progress

May 18, 2018/

Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Federal Governance, Positive Train Control, Railroads

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By Alexander Laska

May 17, 2018 – The lack of progress in implementing Positive Train Control (PTC) on the part of some commuter rail lines fell under scrutiny at a hearing Wednesday of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.

Guest Op-Ed: A U.S. Air Traffic Control Corporation Is Inevitable

May 18, 2018/

Air Traffic Control

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By Robert Poole

I maintain that the United States will eventually remove the ATC function from safety regulator FAA and remove it from the federal budget, converting it into some kind of self-supporting corporation.

House Bill Trims State Water Infrastructure Grants but Expands WIFIA Loans

May 18, 2018/

Appropriations, Environment, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Highway Trust Fund

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By Jeff Davis

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Guest Op-Ed: Do We Need to Upgrade from “Informed Consent” to “Informed Risk” with Autonomous Vehicles?

May 18, 2018/

Automated Vehicles, Cybersecurity, Data, TNCs, Traffic Safety

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By Gregory Rodriguez

The danger that consumers are not clearly consenting to conditions they have read and understand is a potential impediment to the continued adoption of new and larger innovations like self-driving vehicles.

Infrastructure Week: Panel Discusses Bridging the Gap Between Transportation and Healthcare in the DC Region

May 18, 2018/

Accessibility, ADA, Automated Vehicles, Public health, Public transit, TNCs

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By Carolyn Dorf

Due to the high cost of emergency medical care, healthcare providers are starting to see the clear link between transportation and missed appointments and how including transportation services in their plans can reduce costs.

Capitol Hill Events – Week of May 21, 2018

May 17, 2018/

Amtrak, Appropriations, Automated Vehicles, FASTLANE, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highways, Maritime, Ports, Public transit, Trucking

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By Jeff Davis

Tuesday, May 22 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Highways and Transit – subcommittee hearing on the FAST Act’s motor carrier provisions (witness list here) – 10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Tuesday, May 22 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to mark up the…

CBO: White House $15.2 Billion Rescissions Bill Only Reduces Deficits by $1.3 Billion

May 17, 2018/

Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

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By Jeff Davis

May 17, 2018 – The White House’s much-ballyhooed package of proposed spending cuts, submitted to Congress on May 8 and then introduced in the House as the bill H.R. 3 on the following day, proposes to rescind (cancel) $15.2 billion in appropriations from fiscal year 2017 and prior years. But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the package will only reduce federal deficits by $1.3 billion over the next ten years.

FY19 Update: Do the House Appropriations Bills Keep the $10 Billion Infrastructure Promise?

May 17, 2018/

Appropriations, Environment, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

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By Jeff Davis

May 17, 2018 – Now that the House Appropriations Committee has released most of its draft fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills funding various non-defense infrastructure programs, we can ask – is the promise of an extra $10 billion per year for infrastructure being kept?