Week of March 11, 2019

Amtrak, Appropriations, Aviation, FASTLANE, Federal Budget, Federal...

Mar 11, 2019 | Jeff Davis

President's FY20 Budget Cuts DOT Appropriations $4.8 Billion, Meets FAST Act HTF Spending Targets, Keeps $200B Infrastructure Placeholder

March 11, 2019 - President Trump has released a fiscal year 2020 budget request today that calls for $84.1 billion in gross budgetary resources for the U.S. Department of Transportation today, a $3.5 billion decrease...

Buses, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Public transit,...

Mar 14, 2019 | Jeff Davis

Key Senators Introduce Bill Banning Transit Agencies From Procuring Rolling Stock from China-Based Manufacturers

March 14, 2019 - Today, a bipartisan group of Senators, including the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee with jurisdiction over mass transit issues, introduced a bill that would ban U.S. transit agencies...

FASTLANE, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Interstate Highway System, Public transit

White House Says $200B for Infrastructure Plan Excludes Surface Transportation Reauthorization

March 15, 2019

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff Davis

March 15, 2019 - The White House now says that $200 billion in infrastructure funding in the budget won't go...

Bridges, Commuter Rail, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Public transit, Railroads

FY20 New Starts Report Still Rates Gateway Projects Medium-Low, Making Them Ineligible for Federal Funding

March 15, 2019

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff Davis

March 15, 2019 - As part of the Trump Administration's fiscal 2020 budget rollout, the Federal Transit Administration this afternoon...

Appropriations, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance

Trump FY20 Budget Calls for Trillion-Dollar Deficits Through FY24

March 15, 2019

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff Davis

March 13, 2019 - The outline of President Trump's fiscal year 2020 budget request, released this week, calls for unified...

Appropriations, Environment, Federal Budget, Federal Governance, Maritime, Ports

FY20 Budget Again Calls to Cut Water Infrastructure Funding by One-Third

March 15, 2019

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff Davis

March 14, 2019 - The few documents made available this week describing President Trump's budget request for fiscal year 2020...

Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highways

FHWA Gives States $36.6 Billion in Full-Year FY19 Highway Funding

March 15, 2019

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff Davis

March 15, 2019 - The Federal Highway Administration on March 11 finally gave state DOTs their full-year distribution of highway...

Federal Governance, Public transit

Senate Panel OK's Drake FTA Nomination (Again)

March 15, 2019

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff Davis

March 15, 2019 - On March 12, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee quietly approved the re-nomination of...

Public transit, Transit Workforce, Workforce development

Eno’s 2019 Eno Transit Senior Executive Program Is A Wrap!

March 15, 2019

March 14, 2019 - Earlier this month, 36 top transit executives from across the country traveled to Alexandria, VA to...

Appropriations, Environment, Federal Governance

Senate to Take Up Green New Deal, Disaster Relief Appropriations After Recess Week

March 15, 2019

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff Davis

March 15, 2019 - The U.S. Senate will hold a test vote on the Green New Deal resolution the week...

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