Week of July 23, 2018

Appropriations, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

Jul 27, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Senate Debate on Second Appropriations "Minibus" Extended Into Next Week

July 27, 2018 - A deal on amendments to the four-bill "minibus" appropriations package that includes the Transportation-HUD bill proved elusive yesterday, and Senators left town for the weekend pledging to finish consideration of the...

Bridges, FASTLANE, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Fuel...

Jul 23, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Shuster Introduces His Infrastructure Bill

July 23, 2018 - This evening, House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) is releasing the text of his own legislative proposal to increase the quality and stability of U.S. surface transportation and water...

Data, Public transit, Transit Technology

Guest Op-Ed: Revolutionizing Transport Systems Using the Power of Data

July 27, 2018

July 23, 2018 - The use of public transit mobility data and people movement data allows for more realistic and...

Bicycle, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund

Tiring Taxes? Analysis of a Bicycle Tire Tax

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | Alice Grossman

July 27, 2018 - Does a new federal excise tax on bicycle tires, as a pay-for for surface transportation infrastructure,...

Federal Governance, Maritime

Lots of Love for Jones Act at Subcommittee Roundtable on Its Effects on Puerto Rico

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | Alexander Laska

July 26, 2018 - A House Subcommittee was quick to embrace a new report finding that the Jones Act has...

Local governance, State Governance, TNCs

Taxing New Mobility Services: What's Right? What's Next?

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | So Jung Kim

Seven major cities and 10 states currently have some type of fee or tax on TNC trips, and more are...

Airlines, Airports, Aviation Safety, Aviation Workforce, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Local governance, State Governance, Unmanned Aerial Systems

FAA Bill May Slip to Mid-August in Senate

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | Jeff Davis

July 27, 2018 - Although behind-the-scenes negotiations on the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill (S. 1405) continued this week, the...

Amtrak, Federal Governance, Railroads

Federal Court Decision Opens Door For New FRA On-Time Performance Metrics

July 25, 2018

July 25, 2018 | Jeff Davis

July 25, 2018 - Last Friday, a federal appeals court issued a new ruling in the seemingly never-ending saga of...

Amtrak, Federal Governance, Rail Safety, Railroads

Senate Questions STB and Amtrak Board of Directors Nominees on Safety and Pending Regulations

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | So Jung Kim

July 27, 2018 - On Thursday morning, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation considered presidential nominees Rick Dearborn...

Amtrak, Appropriations, Aviation Safety, Buses, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Homeland security, National Security

House Appropriations OKs FY19 Homeland Bill

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | Jeff Davis

July 27, 2018 - The House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2018 Homeland Security appropriations bill this week, the...

Commuter Rail, Federal Governance, Freight rail, Homeland security, Maritime, National Security, Public transit, Unmanned Aerial Systems

Defense Authorization Bill Contains Transit, Aviation, Maritime Provisions

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | Alexander Laska

July 27 2018 - This week, the House passed a mammoth defense bill that contains legislative provisions relating to civilian...

Bicycle, Dockless, Equity, Local governance

NACTO Releases Guidelines for Regulating and Managing Shared Active Transportation

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | Brianne Eby

July 26, 2018 - Earlier this month, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) released preliminary guidelines for cities...

Eno Center for Transportation Welcomes Intel’s Marjorie Dickman to Board of Directors

July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018 | Alexander Laska

July 27, 2018 - The Eno Center for Transportation announced today the appointment of Marjorie Dickman to its Board of Directors. Ms....

Amtrak, Appropriations, Automated Vehicles, Aviation Safety, Bridges, Electric Vehicles, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highways, Maritime, Positive Train Control, Shared Vehicles, Streets, Trucking, Unmanned Aerial Systems

Senate Floor Amendment Log - FY 2019 Transportation Appropriations

July 25, 2018

July 25, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Summary and status of all transportation-related amendments filed to the Senate version of the FY 2019 Transportation Appropriations Act during...

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