Wednesday, March 8 – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – full committee hearing to examine the nomination of Elaine Duke to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security – 9:30 a.m., SD-342 Dirksen. Wednesday, March 8 – House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – subcommittee hearing on programmatic…
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Now in its 14th year with over 500 alumni, the TSE Program is a year-long leadership development course centered around an intensive week-long seminar held in Washington, DC.
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February 23, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Transportation last week put a three-month delay on the execution of a deal that would commit $647 million in future Federal Transit Administration discretionary appropriations towards a $2 billion plan to electrify the Caltrain commuter railroad in the San Francisco Bay area.
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February 24, 2017 – The embattled Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) once again has its back on the ropes as the federal government is withholding funding from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia due to WMATA’s spotty track record of safety.
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February 24, 2017 – Recent observations of how humans act behind the wheel of Level 2 autonomous vehicles, such as Tesla’s Autopilot feature, indicate that it is easy to lose focus. Even worse, the current structure is handing the hot potato back to the human in a complex and potentially dangerous situation that they may not be prepared to handle.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AVcyber3-e1477516627366.png500750Paul Lewishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngPaul Lewis2017-02-24 21:15:432023-06-27 19:29:32Self-Driving Cars and Hot Potatoes Have Something in Common
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February 24, 2017 – This week, the Eno Center for Transportation released Time for Reform: Delivering Modern Air Traffic Control. The report calls for taking air traffic control out of the Federal Aviation Administration in favor of either a government corporation or an independent, non-profit organization. It also proposes a new funding structure that relies on user fees, rather than the current mix of taxes and general funds.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/iStock-157695567-e1487366354581.jpg485750Ann Heneberyhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngAnn Henebery2017-02-24 20:57:552023-04-17 09:49:34New Eno Center Report Calls for Sweeping Changes to U.S. Air Traffic Control
February 23, 2017 – The Federal Highway Administration announced this week that in 2016, vehicle miles-traveled on all U.S. roads reached an all-time high of 3.2 trillion, but when divided by the population, the per capita VMT total still lags behind the 2004 peak.