Week of August 10, 2020

Aug 14, 2020 | Jeff Davis

Congress Leaves COVID Aid, Surface Transportation Unfinished Until September (Probably)

August 14, 2020 - Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decided to stop keeping the Senate technically in session in the increasingly unlikely event that Democratic and Republican leaders could agree on another round...

Aug 14, 2020 | Katherine Idziorek

Op-Ed: Preparing for the Next Disaster: Looking Beyond COVID-19 Toward Multi-Hazard Approaches to Transportation Planning

Transportation systems play an important role in responding to a range of disasters, from aiding evacuation from hurricanes and wildfires to helping to deliver resources after earthquakes. COVID-19 demonstrates the critical role these systems can...

FY20, Public health, Transit

How Should Future COVID Mass Transit Aid Be Distributed?

August 14, 2020

August 14, 2020 | Jeff Davis

August 14, 2020 - How should the federal government distribute the next round of COVID-19 aid to mass transit agencies,...

Emissions, Environment, USDOT

Increased Focus on Environmental Justice in Federal Transportation Policy Proposals

August 14, 2020

August 14, 2020 | Brianne Eby

August 14, 2020 - The recent inclusion of environmental justice provisions in major bills and infrastructure platforms indicates a notable...

Highway Trust Fund, Highways & Streets

State Highway Spending Down Slightly in July

August 14, 2020

August 14, 2020 | Jeff Davis

August 14, 2020 - New data shows that state spending on ongoing highway projects has yet to be significantly reduced...

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