February 12, 2025 Update
The evening of February 11, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied the Administration’s request for an administrative stay of the TRO and subsequent order enforcing its TRO issued by the United States District Court in the District of Rhode Island, pending the Administration’s motion for a stay of the TRO and subsequent order pending appeal. In denying the request, the First Circuit was unconvinced that the TROs and subsequent order “. . . bars both the President and much of the Federal Government from exercising their own ...
Sean Duffy was sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) on January 29, 2025, and immediately issued directives that will impact the operations of the Department and its Operating Administrations (OA), as well as state and local grant recipients ...
Late last Friday on November 5th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA, which President Biden intends to sign on Monday, November 15th. Much of the focus of the bill has been on the unprecedented increase in federal spending to rebuild the nation's roads, bridges, airports, seaports and transit systems. However, there are several provisions of the infrastructure bill that expand, and hopefully will make more transparent, the TIFIA credit assistance program. A low-cost ...
Lower gas prices and decreased revenue from California’s Price Based Excise Tax (PBET) on gasoline are taking their toll on the state’s transportation funding. California Transportation Commission (CTC) staff recently recommended enormous decreases in the upcoming five-year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The CTC Commission will consider the staff’s recommendations and is expected to make a final decision at its meeting on May 18 and 19.
The staff’s recommendations include no new transportation projects in the next five years, as well as ...
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