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Week of January 29, 2018

Amtrak, Bridges, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Railroads
Mar 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Hudson Tunnel May Be Key Sticking Point in FY18 Negotiations

March 2, 2018 - Perhaps the biggest differences between the House and Senate versions of the transportation budget for 2018 initially approved by the appropriators last year revolve around the Gateway Program of rail projects...

Bridges, Federal Budget, Federal Governance, Highways, Railroads,...
Feb 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

State of the Union Speech Increases Expectations for Highly Leveraged Infrastructure Bill

February 2, 2018 - We still expect President Trump’s infrastructure plan itself to rely on $200 billion in federal budget authority. But the big news from Trump's address was that the amount of money leveraged...

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Airports, Amtrak, Federal Governance, Railroads

Trump Nominates Board Members for Amtrak, MWAA

Feb 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis
February 2, 2018 - President Trump today announced his intention to nominate new members of the Boards of Directors of...
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Aviation Safety, Buses, Homeland security, National Security, Public transit, Railroads

House Hearing Looks at Surface Transportation Security Technology

Feb 3, 2018 | Shannon Walsh
February 2, 2018 - On January 30, the House Homeland Security Committee’s Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications and Transportation and...
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Aviation Safety, Buses, Commuter Rail, Federal Governance, Freight rail, Homeland security, Maritime, National Security, Public transit, Railroads

Senate Commerce Discusses Emerging Threats to Surface Transportation

Feb 2, 2018 | Greg Rogers
January 31, 2018 - As a response to the rise in international terrorist attacks involving multiple surface transportation modes, a...
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Automated Vehicles, Congestion Pricing, Environment, FASTLANE, Freight rail, Highways, Interstate Highway System, Land use, Local governance, Public/Private Partnerships, Shared Vehicles, Trucking

Bringing MPOs Into the FAST Era

Feb 2, 2018 | Alexander Bond
February 2, 2018 - The policy and practice under which metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) operate has not kept up with...

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