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House Hearing Looks at Air Cargo Security

July 28, 2017/

Airlines, Aviation Safety, Federal Governance, Freight

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Chao Replaces Federal Members of WMATA Board

July 27, 2017/

Federal Governance, Public transit

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By Jeff Davis

July 27, 2017 – Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on July 24 replaced the two federally-appointed principal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) board of directors.

Amtrak Releases Corrected 5-Year Financial Plan

July 27, 2017/

Amtrak, Railroads

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By Jeff Davis

July 17, 2017 – As noted in last week’s ETW, Amtrak has released its own five-year business plan and financial forecast. The original version of the plan (preserved here for posterity) had inaccurate tables in the back of the report relating to route-by-route ridership and financial forecasts. Amtrak has now released a corrected version of the document.

Capitol Hill Events – Week of July 31, 2017

July 27, 2017/

Federal Governance

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By Jeff Davis

Wednesday, August 2 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – full committee business meeting to consider legislation and nominations including the Bradbury, Batory, Buzby and Sumwalt nominations (full agenda here) – 10:00 a.m., SH-216 Hart (note: not the usual room). Agenda is subject to revision. Wednesday, August 2 – Senate…

House Amends, Passes FY18 Corps of Engineers Budget

July 27, 2017/

Appropriations, Environment, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Project Delivery

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By Jeff Davis

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Senate Panel Gives Slight Boost to FY18 Corps of Engineers Funding

July 21, 2017/

Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Maritime, Ports

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By Jeff Davis

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House Panel Approves FY18 TSA, Coast Guard Funding

July 20, 2017/

Appropriations, Aviation Safety, Homeland security, National Security, Ports, Public transit, Rail Safety, Railroads

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By Jeff Davis

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Human Factors Still Paramount in Roadway Safety: House Hearing

July 20, 2017/

FASTLANE, Federal Governance, Highways, Streets, Traffic Safety

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By Alice Grossman

July 20, 2017 – The House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing on July 18 to discuss the advancement of safety policy provisions in the Fixing American’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act that was enacted in December of 2015.

House Passes Resolutions Approving WMATA Interstate Compacts

July 20, 2017/

Federal Governance, Local governance, Public transit

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By Jeff Davis

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Guest Op-Ed: Data is the Problem and the Solution for Smart Cities

July 20, 2017/

Data, Electric Vehicles, Land use, Traffic Safety

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By Thomas Grogan

Data issues are the biggest challenge facing smart cities of today and tomorrow. By examining the USDOT Smart City Challenge Dataset, out of the 50 different challenges identified, the top two were data challenges.