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Week of March 5, 2018

Buses, Commuter Rail, Federal Funding, Freight rail,...
Mar 9, 2018 | Jeff Davis

$487 Million in TIGER Grants for FY 2017 Announced

March 9, 2018 - Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the 41 recipients of $487 million in total grant funding for the TIGER surface transportation grant program for fiscal year 2017.

Automated Vehicles, Buses, Connected Vehicles, Cybersecurity, Federal...
Mar 9, 2018 | Greg Rogers

USDOT Unveils Ambitious Multimodal Automation Initiative, Automated Vehicles 3.0

March 9, 2018 - Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation publicly announced the next phase of its bold initiative to encourage the adoption of automation technologies in transportation.

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Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Highway Trust Fund

Speaker Ryan Rejects Talk of Gas Tax Increase

Mar 9, 2018 | Jeff Davis
March 9, 2018 - This week, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) threw cold water on discussions of a possible federal...
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Bridges, Electric Vehicles, Emissions, Environment, Federal Governance, Streets, Traffic Safety

Energy and Commerce Panel Looks at Transportation Fuels

Mar 9, 2018 | Shannon Walsh
March 8, 2018 - On March 7, the House Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing addressing the future of...
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Amtrak, Bridges, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, High-Speed Rail, Local governance, Railroads, State Governance

Timeline of the Gateway Program

Mar 9, 2018 | Jeff Davis
Timeline of the history and recent developments relating to the Gateway Program of rail projects in New Jersey and New...
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Amtrak, Federal Governance, Highways, Public transit, Railroads

Trump Moves to Fill Two New STB Positions

Mar 8, 2018 | Jeff Davis
March 7, 2018 - As last week's issue of ETW was being emailed out, the White House announced that President...
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Aviation Safety, Bridges, Environment, Federal Budget, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highways, Homeland security, Local governance, Maritime, Ports, Public transit, State Governance, Streets

Capitol Hill Events - Week of March 12, 2018

Mar 8, 2018 | Jeff Davis
Tuesday, March 13 - Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation -  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and...

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