Week of February 26, 2018

Air Traffic Control, Aviation Safety, Federal Governance

Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Shuster Concedes Defeat on ATC Reform; Next Extension Due Soon

March 2, 2018 - Prospects for House consideration of legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took an abrupt shift earlier this week when House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) announced on February...

Appropriations, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Appropriators Work to Finish FY18 Omnibus Bill

March 2, 2018 Staffers for the House and Senate Appropriations Committees were working furiously this week to iron out as many differences as possible between the twelve House-passed appropriations bills for fiscal 2018 and the...

Amtrak, Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Railroads

Chao Defends Administration Infrastructure Plan Before Senate

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

March 2, 2018 - Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao defended the Trump Administration's infrastructure initiative and fiscal 2019 budget request before...

Amtrak, Bridges, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Railroads

Hudson Tunnel May Be Key Sticking Point in FY18 Negotiations

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

March 2, 2018 - Perhaps the biggest differences between the House and Senate versions of the transportation budget for 2018...

Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Local governance, State Governance

What the Penn-Wharton Study Missed About the Trump Infrastructure Plan

March 1, 2018

Mar 1, 2018 | Jeff Davis

March 1, 2018 - On February 22, economists at the Wharton School of Business released a brief analysis (the Penn-Wharton...

Automated Vehicles, Federal Governance

White House Frames AVs as an Opportunity for Economic Growth

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Greg Rogers

March 2, 2018 - Last month, the White House released the Economic Report of the President, which contained an extensive...

Aviation Safety, Cybersecurity, Homeland security

Senate Homeland Security Authorization Markup Postponed

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

March 2, 2018 - On February 28. the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs formally took up the...

Aviation Safety, Federal Governance, Space, Unmanned Aerial Systems

House Aviation Hearing Looks at Drone Use

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Shannon Walsh

February 28, 2018 - On February 27, the House Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to address the current status...

Bicycle, Federal Governance, Highways, Interstate Highway System, Local governance, Pedestrian safety, State Governance, Streets, Traffic Safety

GHSA Releases Annual Report on Pedestrian Fatalities

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Alice Grossman

March 2, 2018 Over the last decade, pedestrian deaths have been increasing both in number and as a share of...

Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

Members Named for Budget Process Reform Committee

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

March 2, 2018 - This week, the last of the 16 members of the new Joint Select Committee on Budget...

Emissions, Environment, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Homeland security, Maritime

Capitol Hill Events - Week of March 5, 2018

March 2, 2018

Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Tuesday, March 6 - House Transportation and Infrastructure - full committee hearing on the Administration's infrastructure proposal (Transportation Sec. Chao...

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