Capitol Hill Transportation News
Clashing priorities from GOP, Dems put transportation bill at risk – With many
competing interests, there’s a higher risk that Congress won’t be able to pass a bill quickly
Congressional Policymakers Reintroduce Railway Safety Act – Three Years After East
Palestine Derailment, Chambers Revisit Polic
Other Federal Mobility News
Trump crackdown on immigrant truck drivers gets airtime at Supreme Court – Some of
the justices’ concerns over state regulations on shipping industry mirrored the White
House’s campaign to purge immigrant truckers from America’s highways.
Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump – A judge ruled to
preserve the toll, ending, for now, a dispute that has become emblematic of New York’s
resistance to federal intervention in local affairs.
U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles – General
Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch
up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving
cars.
Promises to improve Broward public transportation with penny surtax fall short – All of
this comes years after voters approved the transportation surtax, promising
improvements to Broward County Transit.
Seattle’s World Cup duties draw $8M in federal transportation money – Seattle will get
$8.4 million in federal funding to help the city’s public transit systems survive the strain
of hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer.
