August 18, 2023 – Road traffic fatalities in the United States increased at the rate of 3 percent annually between 2011 and 2021. The largest increases (nearly 20 percent) happened during the pandemic years, largely driven by traffic conditions that promoted high vehicle speeds with poor enforcement.
August 18, 2023 – Earlier this month, regulators at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to extend a limited waiver on minimum usage requirements for slots used by airlines at New York and Washington, DC area airports.
August 18, 2023 – A major manufacturer of electric mass transit buses just filed for bankruptcy, and another just pulled out of the U.S. market. Why did this happen?
August 18, 2023 – At a recent meeting in Indianapolis, state legislators from around the country exchanged ideas and status updates for alternative means for funding surface transportation programs.
August 17, 2023 – Quick, what’s the most expensive mass transit project currently under consideration? The answer depends if you are looking at total project cost, or per-rider capital cost.
August 16, 2023 – This week, Glendedora Dolce wrapped up her time as the 2023 Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation. The fellowship provides professional development opportunities for emerging transportation professionals and students.
August 4, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Transportation launched a new center called Project Delivery Center of Excellence, which focuses on “advancing on time, on task, and on budget transportation infrastructure project delivery”.
August 4, 2023 – A new GAO report analyzes how states and metro planning organizations currently estimate and analyze greenhouse gas emissions of transportation systems and projects.
August 4, 2023 – For decades (starting in the 1980s), a group of states, mostly from the Sun Belt, habitually complained that they paid much more in taxes into the Highway Trust Fund than they received in highway spending.
August 4, 2023 – Starting in the early 2000’s, interest in VMT fees in the United States has grown significantly and includes research and pilot programs in 37 states and DC.