Week of February 20, 2017

February 24, 2017 - The House and Senate Appropriations Committees got back to work this week negotiating the eleven unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year 2017 (which started 147 days ago).

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...

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Amtrak, Bridges, FASTLANE, Federal Governance, Freight rail, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Railroads, Streets, Trucking, Trucking Workforce

Stakeholders Push Multimodal Investment

February 24, 2017 - On February 15, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing entitled Moving America:...
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Buses, Commuter Rail, Federal Governance, Local governance, Public transit, Rail Safety, State Governance, Traffic Safety

Virginia, Maryland Jurisdictions Pay Price for WMATA Woes

February 24, 2017 - The embattled Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) once again has its back on the ropes...
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Appropriations, Commuter Rail, Federal Funding, High-Speed Rail, Public transit, Railroads, Regional governance, State Governance

USDOT Puts Bay Area Commuter Rail Project On Hold

February 23, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Transportation last week put a three-month delay on the execution of a...
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Highways, Traffic Safety

Traffic Fatalities Highest in a Decade

February 24, 2017 - Traffic fatalities last year were the highest since the Great Recession in an alarming trend that...
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Airports, Aviation Safety, Federal Governance, Homeland security

Capitol Hill Events - Week of February 27, 2017

Wednesday, March 1 - House Appropriations - Subcommittee on Homeland Security - subcommittee hearing to get the perspective of Members...

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