Highway Safety, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Safety, USDOT

Guest Op-Ed: Less Spectrum Means Less Safety

January 16, 2020

Shailen Bhatt

We rarely hear about the 37,000 people who die every year on our roads. The statistics are staggering, which is...

Infrastructure

Comparing the Transportation Plans of the 5 Leading Democratic Candidates

January 17, 2020

Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff Davis

January 17, 2020 - With one month to go until the February 19 infrastructure debate in Las Vegas for presidential...

Airports, Funding & Finance

Study Commissioned by Congress Recommends Increasing Airport PFC Cap by $3 per Passenger

January 16, 2020

Jan 16, 2020 | Jeff Davis

January 16, 2020 - A new study from the RAND Corporation, commissioned by Congress in 2018, recommends that the statutory...

Emissions, Environment, Federal Governance, Project Delivery

White House Releases Overhaul of NEPA Implementing Regulations

January 10, 2020

Jan 10, 2020 | Brianne Eby

January 10, 2020 - On December 9, the White House released a proposed rule to overhaul the enforcement of National...

FASTLANE, FY20, Highways

USDOT Solicits Applications for $906M in FY20 INFRA Grants by Feb. 25

January 17, 2020

Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff Davis

January 17, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that the available amount of competitive INFRA grant...

Automated Vehicles, USDOT

Administration Releases AV 4.0 Document

January 8, 2020

Jan 8, 2020 | Jeff Davis

January 8, 2020 - The Trump Administration today released the fourth iteration of a federal government policy statement on automated...

Budget, Highway Trust Fund, Public/Private Partnerships

Updated HTF Forecast From CBO Due Jan. 28

January 17, 2020

Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff Davis

January 17, 2020 - The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office will release its annual Budget and Economic Outlook report at 2...

Appropriations, FY20, Highways

House to Consider $1.25 Billion in FHWA Emergency Relief Appropriations Week of Jan. 27

January 16, 2020

Jan 16, 2020 | Jeff Davis

January 16, 2020 - House Democratic leaders today announced that the House will consider a $3.35 billion emergency supplemental appropriations...

Appropriations, FY20

OMB, CBO $918m Apart on Scoring FY20 THUD Appropriations

January 16, 2020

Jan 16, 2020 | Jeff Davis

January 16, 2010 - Yesterday, OMB issued its report to Congress estimating total appropriations amounts contained in the two "minibus"...