May 5, 2017 – The omnibus appropriations legislation approved by Congress appropriates a gross $19.5 billion for the U.S. Department of Transportation – $650 million more than in fiscal 2016 – and also provides the full $54.4 billion in obligation limitations on Highway Trust Fund contract authority proposed by the FAST Act of 2015. However, the legislation does contain an offsetting rescission of $857 million in highway contract authority balances held by states.
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An alternative to the conventional regulatory process, called negotiated rulemaking, has the potential to be a more viable and efficient rulemaking process that can speed up the development of new regulations for AVs.
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April 27, 2017 – On April 24, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that St. Louis Lambert International Airport has been accepted in the Airport Privatization Program.
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April 27, 2017 – On Election Day, voters considered 436 state and local ballot measures to advise on future transportation projects as well as funding new and existing transportation options through taxes, bonds, and other mechanisms.
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April 27, 2017 – After holding off for years, Congress and the Department of Transportation are poised to take action this year to regulate the development of autonomous vehicles.
Tuesday, May 2 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full committee hearing on airline customer service – 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Wednesday, May 3 – House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – public witness hearing on the FY 2018 budget – 10:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn. Wednesday, May 3 – House…
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April 27, 2017 – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an unexpected rule in the Federal Register that centralizes authority over government affairs and public relations for all USDOT modal administrations in the Secretary of Transportation’s office, a de jure demotion of the staffs in the modal administrations who address those functions.
