More than comic fodder, the blackout was a valuable lesson reminding us that even the smartest, newest machines can’t function without the greatest machine ever built – the U.S. power grid. This is especially true in transportation, where vehicles, from personal cars to trucks and buses, are rapidly evolving by becoming electric and plugging into the power grid rather than running on gasoline.
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March 7, 2018 – As last week’s issue of ETW was being emailed out, the White House announced that President Trump was finally taking steps to fill the two new seats on the Surface Transportation Board created by the STB Reauthorization Act of 2015. That law expanded the board from three members to five and established it as an independent entity outside the Department of Transportation.
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Aviation Safety, Bridges, Environment, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highways, Homeland security, Local governance, Maritime, Ports, Public transit, State Governance, Streets
Tuesday, March 13 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security – subcommittee hearing on state and local transportation needs (witness list here) – 2:30 p.m., SR-253 Russell. Wednesday, March 14 – House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Energy and Water…
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March 2, 2018 – Last month, the White House released the Economic Report of the President, which contained an extensive discussion of the potential economic benefits from autonomous vehicles.
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March 2, 2018 Over the last decade, pedestrian deaths have been increasing both in number and as a share of all traffic fatalities on US roads. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released its annual report on pedestrian traffic fatalities this week with data and analysis on pedestrian deaths in…
March 2, 2018 – This week, the last of the 16 members of the new Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform were named by Congressional leaders.
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