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You are here: Home1 / Issue: Week of August 29, 2016

Week of August 29, 2016

Federal Funding, Federal Governance, High-Speed Rail, Public...
Aug 31, 2016 | Jeff Davis

House Field Hearing Re-Assesses California’s High Speed Rail Project

August 31, 2016 - House Railroad Subcommittee chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) decided to break up his long summer recess by holding a field hearing of his subcommittee this week in San Francisco to get a...

Federal Governance, Governance reform
Aug 30, 2016 | Jeff Davis

50 Years Ago Today: House of Representatives Debates, Amends, Passes Department of Transportation Act

August 30, 2016 - Fifty years ago today, the U.S. House of Representatives amended and passed landmark legislation creating a new Cabinet-level Department of Transportation.

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Automated Vehicles, Federal Governance, Highways, Shared Vehicles, Streets, Traffic Safety

Still Waiting for NHTSA to Take Control of Self-Driving Car Debate

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Greg Rogers
August 31, 2016 - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has punted the release of its long-awaited guidance for...
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Amtrak, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Railroads

Amtrak Secures $2.45B RRIF Loan for New Acela Trainsets

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Jeff Davis
August 31, 2016 - Vice President Biden announced last week that the Federal Railroad Administration will loan Amtrak $2.45 billion...
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Environment, Freight rail, Railroads

Guest Op-Ed: Railroads, Shippers Butting Heads on Tank Car Regs

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Michael Kennedy
Should an industry advisory committee, or USDOT itself, have the final say on railroad tank car safety rules?
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Amtrak, Appropriations, FASTLANE, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Railroads

White House Requests CR Allow New Amtrak Budgeting

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Jeff Davis
August 31, 2016 - The White House has requested that Congress include an "anomaly" in the fiscal 2017 continuing resolution...
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Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Highways

House Budget Reform Paper Addresses HTF Solvency (Obliquely)

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Jeff Davis
August 31, 2016 - The majority staff of the House Budget Committee has produced its own working paper on how...
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FASTLANE, Highways, Interstate Highway System

TRB Launches Future Interstate Study

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Greg Rogers
The Transportation Research Board has launched the Future Interstate Study, authorized in sec. 6021 of the FAST Act, to research...
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Airlines

Sec. Foxx Aboard First Flight to Cuba in 55 Years

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Greg Rogers
August 31, 2016 - The first regularly scheduled commercial flight from the United States to Cuba in 55 years landed...
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Transportation Crossword Puzzle

August 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 | Jeff Davis
August 31, 2016 - This crossword puzzle is primarily based around federal transportation policy acronyms - acronyms for bills and...

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