FTA Updates New Start Project Vitals; Inglewood, Silicon Valley Still Costly Outliers
March 22, 2024 – FTA has updated many of its project profiles, giving another opportunity to look at per-rider capital costs.
James Monroe (1817-1825): Harnessing Steam and the Army Corps
March 22, 2024 – President James Monroe’s waterway-focused transportation policies, summarized.
Transportation’s Chief Innovators
March 12, 2024 – The Eno Center for Transportation hosted a webinar with four senior innovation officers who are transforming public agencies and the transportation services they provide.
The FY25 Budget: The Big Picture
March 14, 2024 – Most of our coverage of the federal budget sticks to transportation (either the Department, or the budget functional category), but it is also useful to look beyond transpo and see the larger picture.
Budget Forecasts for Transportation Trust Funds Show General Agreement
March 14, 2024 – It’s that time of year, when dueling budget baselines means two sets of estimates for the future cash flow of the transportation trust funds.
NTSB News: Biden Nominates Homendy for New Term; Senate Confirms Alvin, Inman
March 15, 2024 – Yesterday President Biden re-nominated the NTSB chair for another term, six days after the Senate had confirmed two more members to the Board.
The FY25 Budget: White House, Amtrak Submit Vastly Different Visions of Railroad Funding
March 15, 2024 – Amtrak has submitted its own budget request for fiscal year 2025 to compete with the budget request submitted by the Biden Administration on its behalf earlier in the week.
James Madison (1809-1817): We Need National Roads and Canals, But …
March 15, 2024 – James Madison is often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.” He helped draft the document and then (along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay) wrote a series of letters, known as the Federalist Papers, urging the states to support and ratify it. He later served as the fourth U.S. president between 1809 and 1817.