Airlines FTEs Doing OK

  • 21 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 403
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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.

BUILD: Funding Increase + Focus On Rural = Stiff Urban Competition

  • 21 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 388
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The first round of the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program will provide $1.5 billion for infrastructure projects – three times the amount available in most rounds of TIGER.  Notwithstanding this increase, one might caution would-be applicants to think about other words that could be used to fill out the BUILD acronym: Better Understand Impacts (of) Limited Dollars.  The Administration’s emphasis on rural projects and limits on awards per state, coupled with the perception of a major increase in awards by way of increased funding availability, could potentially – and beguilingly – result in more competition and tighter funding for urban projects.

House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee Reports FY 2019 Spending Bill

  • 16 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 411
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Democrats Object To Policy Riders And Lack Of Budget Context

House Transportation Appropriations Bill Released

Subcommittee Markup May 16 at 5pm

  • 15 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
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The bill includes $27.8 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2019 – $542 million more than enacted in FY 2018 and $11.7 billion above the President’s request.

DOT Corrects Due Date for BUILD Applications

Correct Due Date is

  • 4 May 2018
  • Author: Mike Miller
  • Number of views: 417
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The Office of the Secretary of Transportation published a solicitation of applications for National Infrastructure Investments, known as BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grants in the April 27th edition of the Federal Register.  This document contained an incorrect deadline date. Applications must be submitted by 8:00 p.m. E.D.T. on July 19, 2018 – one day later than the initial published due date.  The correction is located here. The original NOFO is located here.

 

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