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February 20, 2017

Stories You May Have Missed

As a valued member, Transportation for America is dedicated to providing you pertinent information. This includes news articles to inform your work. Check out a list of stories you may have missed last week.

  • Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune (Republican, South Dakota) and Michigan Senator Gary Peters (Democrat, Michigan) are planning to introduce legislation directing the National Highway Transit Safety Administration (NHTSA) to make vehicle safety standards more flexible for autonomous vehicles. (The Hill)
  • The surface transportation program and the inability of Congress to fund it makes the Government Accountability’s Office (GAO) “High Risk” list again for 2017. (Politico); (GAO, page 98)
  • Amtrak President Wick Moorman pushes for additional direct federal money to Amtrak in any infrastructure package. (Bloomberg)
  • The Federal Transit Administration is withholding money from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) after Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C failed to establish a state safety oversight program. (Progressive Railroading)
  • In response to FTA withholding the money from WMATA, Virginia, Maryland and DC’s Congressional delegation introduced legislation to give Congressional consent to the state safety oversight program as required by FTA in order for WMATA to obtain the withheld money. (Washington Post)
  • San Francisco officials push bill in California that would legalize automatic speed enforcement cameras. (Streetsblog)

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