Amtrak, Appropriations, Aviation, FASTLANE, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highways, Maritime, Pipelines, Public transit, Railroads, Traffic Safety, Trucking

Full Analysis of FY18 USDOT Appropriations Bill Text (House)

July 11, 2017

Jul 11, 2017 | Jeff Davis

July 11, 2017 – 8:45 a.m. Yesterday evening, the House Appropriations Committee released the draft appropriations bill for the Departments...

Air Traffic Control, Airlines, Federal Governance

Electronic Flight Strips: A Brief History in the U.S. and Canada

July 14, 2017

Jul 14, 2017 | Rui Neiva

July 13, 2017 - Vacuum tubes have been replaced as a symbol of FAA inefficiency by flight strips, the little...

Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

House Appropriators Release Full FY18 Spending Plan

July 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017 | Jeff Davis

July 13, 2017 - The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled today to approve its plan to subdivide $1.1 trillion in...

Airlines, Airports, Environment, Project Delivery

DOT Working Group Releases Report on Small Community Air Service

July 14, 2017

Jul 14, 2017 | Rui Neiva

July 13, 2017 - Last month, a report (dated from May) from the Working Group On Improving Air Service to...

Federal Governance, Railroads

Trump Nominates Longtime Rail Exec to Run FRA

July 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017 | Jeff Davis

July 13, 2017 - President Trump on July 11 nominated career railroad executive Ronald Batory to be Administrator of the...

FASTLANE, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

Senate EPW Looks at TIFIA, Financing

July 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017 | Alice Grossman

July 13, 2017 - The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works convened and invited three witnesses to testify at...

Appropriations, Aviation Safety, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Homeland security

TSA, Coast Guard Funding Advances in House

July 14, 2017

Jul 14, 2017 | Jeff Davis

July 13, 2017 - A House subcommittee has approved draft legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year...

Amtrak, FASTLANE, Federal Governance, Railroads

FRA Releases Long-Awaited Final Rule on Privatizing Amtrak Long-Distance Routes

July 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017 | Jeff Davis

July 13, 2017 - On July 7, the Federal Railroad Administration finalized a program to allow private bidders to take...

Buses, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Public transit

FTA Solicits Applications for FY17 Bus Grants

July 13, 2017

Jul 13, 2017 | Jeff Davis

July 13, 2017 - On July 12, the Federal Transit Administration issued a notice that $226.5 million in grants for...

Appropriations, Automated Vehicles, Aviation, Environment, FASTLANE, Federal Governance, Homeland security, Traffic Safety

Capitol Hill Events - Week of July 17, 2017

July 12, 2017

Jul 12, 2017 | Jeff Davis

Monday, July 17 – House Appropriations – full committee business meeting to consider a draft FY 2018 Transportation-Housing appropriations bill (draft...