Transportation Weekly – 2002 History of Highway Earmarks
This is a copy of the April 10, 2002 issue of Transportation Weekly that contained a history of federally earmarked highway projects.
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Transportation Weekly – 2006 Study of SAFETEA-LU Earmarks
This is a copy of the January 17, 2006 issue of Transportation Weekly that contained a complete attribution of the $6.9 billion in “above the line” earmarks of highway projects in the 2005 SAFETEA-LU law.
How do taxes and fees change if air traffic control is privatized?
Congress and the Trump administration have proposed to overhaul air traffic control (ATC) in the United States by removing the ATC function from the federal government and assigning it to a non-profit private corporation.
May 2016 F.R.A. Report to Congress on Industry Response to Safety Advisories FRA-2013-08 and FRA-2015-13
This is a PDF copy of the report that the Federal Railroad Administration was required to submit to Congress by section 11406 of the FAST Act. It evaluates every railroad’s compliance with FRA safety advisories…
How Automated Vehicle Technology Can Help People With Disabilities
The rise of automated vehicle technology brings with it the potential to offer increased independence to people with disabilities by reducing barriers to transportation. Eno, Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE), and the National Federation for…
What do we know about aircraft delays?
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), about 80 percent of domestic airline flights arrive on-time every year. That figure is largely unchanged since 2003 (Figure 1). However, those flights that are delayed…
Enzi Amendment #1561 to FY 2018 Budget Resolution
This is the text of Senate Amendment #1561 (115th Congress), offered by Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) to H. Con. Res. 71, the Congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 2018, on October 19, 2017…
Transportation Spending Assumptions in the House and Senate FY 2018 Budget Resolutions
This is a one-page PDF of a table showing the spending assumptions for budget function 400 (transportation) under the House budget resolution for fiscal 2018 (H. Con. Res. 71) and the draft Senate budget resolution…
Amendments Adopted to Autonomous Vehicle Bill in Senate Commerce Markup, 10-4-2017
This PDF file contains the text of every amendment to S. 1885, the AV START Act, adopted in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee’s markup of the legislation on October 4, 2017.
Amendments Filed in Committee to Senate Autonomous Vehicles Bill
This PDF file contains the text of the 64 amendments filed by members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to S. 1885, the Senate’s autonomous vehicles regulation bill, by the original amendment deadline.
Side-by-Side Comparison of House and Senate Autonomous Vehicle Regulation Bills
This PDF file is a 19-page side-by-side comparison summary of the provisions of the House-passed autonomous bill (H.R. 3388, the SELF DRIVE Act) and the Senate’s companion bill (S. 1885, the AV START Act, as…
Status of Major Transportation and Public Works Legislation, 115th Congress
Updated January 4, 2019 Bill Latest House Action Latest Senate Action Final Action FY 2019 Continuing Appropriations CR to 2/8/19 passed the House 12/20/18 by a vote of 217-185 Senate to take action on House-passed CR…