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You are here: Home1 / Issue: Week of July 22, 2019

Week of July 22, 2019

Federal Funding, Highway Trust Fund, Highways
Jul 26, 2019 | Jeff Davis

Senate to Mark Up Highway Reauthorization Bill With 17% First-Year Funding Increase

July 26, 2019 - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is preparing to mark up a draft five-year federal-aid highway program reauthorization bill on July 30 that will provide a first-year increase in Federal...

Ballot Measures, Federal Funding, Governance
Jul 26, 2019 | Robert Puentes

New GAO Report Finds Issues, Posits Few Solutions

July 26, 2019 - Support for capital investments in public transit is high in the United States. Evidence for this can be found in measures for new investments that voters approve with regularity at the...

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Appropriations, Budget, FY10

House Passes 2-Year Budget/Debt Limit Deal

July 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019 | Jeff Davis
July 25, 2019 The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3877, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, by a roll...
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Accessibility, ADA, Ballot Measures, Microtransit, Project Delivery, Public/Private Partnerships, Regional governance, Shared Vehicles, State Governance

Spotlight on Measure M

July 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 | Robert Puentes
This week, Eno released an important new paper from UCLA’s Michael Manville about one of the most significant transportation ballot...
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Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Transit

GAO Recommends FTA Improve its Cost Estimate Guidance for New Starts

July 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 | Jeff Davis
July 26, 2019 - This week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a new report recommending that the Federal Transit...
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Freight rail, Maritime, Ports, Railroads

Shippers Voice Concern Over Poor Railroad Communications, Access Charges

July 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 | Aaron Somo
July 26, 2019 - The House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a “Railroad Shippers Roundtable” on July...
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Aviation, Federal Governance

FAA Administrator Confirmed, and his Deputy Gets to Keep His Job

July 31, 2019
Jul 31, 2019 | Christopher Oster
July 26, 2019 - The Federal Aviation Administration will finally have a permanent Administrator for the first time since January...
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Freight, Highways, USDOT

USDOT Announces 20 More INFRA Grants for FY19

July 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019 | Jeff Davis
July 25, 2019 - Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the recipients of the fiscal year 2019 round of...
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Federal Governance, Freight, Highways, Infrastructure

GAO Repeats Its Call for a More Transparent, Consistent Selection for INFRA Grants

July 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 | Paul Lewis
July 26, 2019 - A new report from GAO again calls into question the transparency of the USDOT process for...
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Connected Vehicles, Pedestrian safety, Public health, Traffic Safety

House Panel Probes Proposed Bills in Car Safety Hearing

July 31, 2019
Jul 31, 2019 | Christopher Oster
July 26, 2019 - With over 40,000 deaths attributed to on and off-road related vehicle incident in 2017 and 2018,...
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Buses, FY19

FTA Makes $85M in Low-No Emission Bus Grants

July 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 | Jeff Davis
July 26, 2019 - Earlier today, the Federal Transit Administration announced 38 grants to transit agencies for purchase of low...
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Highways & Streets, Project Delivery, Transit

Senate Panel Approves Bill Making FAST-41 Permitting Reforms Permanent

July 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019 | Jeff Davis
July 25, 2019 - Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved a bill (S. 1976) that...
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Capitol Hill Events - Week of July 29, 2019

July 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019 | Jeff Davis
Tuesday, July 30 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee markup of a draft highway reauthorization bill and S....

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