Federal Transit Administration Publishes Private Investment Project Procedures

31 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing a final rule describing new, experimental procedures to encourage increased project management flexibility, more innovation in project funding, improved efficiency, timely project implementation, and new project revenue streams for public transportation capital projects. A primary goal of this final rule is to address impediments to the greater use of public-private partnerships and private investment in public transportation capital projects. FTA anticipates using the lessons learned from these experimental procedures to develop more effective approaches to including private participation and investment in project planning, project development, finance, design, construction, maintenance, and operations.

The final rule’s effective date is June 29, 2018. The final rule is here.

24 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $25.8 million in grant funds to support comprehensive planning associated with new fixed guideway and core capacity improvement projects. Applications are due July 23, 2018.

Letter to Chairman Expresses Concerns

22 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney expressed misgivings about several transportation provisions included the House version of the FY 2019 Transportation HUD (THUD) Appropriations bill passed last week in subcommittee.

22 May 2018
Author: Aindriu Colgan
Number of views: 474
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The Department of the Treasury is steadily making progress on writing guidance for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and have announced a tentative release schedule: June/July for the passthrough deduction, late summer/early fall for the new limitations on interest expense, and December for the big international provisions (e.g. GILTI and BEAT).

In the meantime, the Committee on Ways and Means is contemplating a second round of tax cuts, or Tax Reform 2.0 as they like to call it. They are aiming to make permanent the new individual provisions as well as full expensing for businesses.

21 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
Number of views: 395
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported on May 17th that US scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.8 % more workers in March 2018 than a year ago. This was the highest monthly full-time equivelent (FTE) employment total (434,243 FTEs) since December 2004 (436,909) and the 53rd consecutive month of exceeding the same month of the previous year.

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