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Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program

August 29, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Transportation & Infrastructure

Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) authorized the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles... Read More

Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service

July 30, 2013 | Reports & Data | Transportation & Infrastructure

Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service This analysis compares customer costs (fare, travel time) and societal costs (government subsidies, air emissions) associated with twenty specific trips that can currently be taken between select U.S. city pairs on both an Amtrak train and on a scheduled intercity motorcoach bus.... Read More

Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge

June 26, 2013 | Awards | Transportation & Infrastructure

Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge Summary Over the last decade, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) spent millions of federal taxpayer dollars on a project... Read More

Wanna Giveaway?: Congress Using Budget Gimmicks to Reverse Air Traffic Cuts

April 26, 2013 | Policy Brief | Transportation & Infrastructure

Wanna Giveaway?: Congress Using Budget Gimmicks to Reverse Air Traffic Cuts Update (12:30pm) - The House passed this bill today 361-41, and it now goes to the President for his signature. Though the bill does... Read More

Bringing Sequester in for a Landing: Congress on Verge of Avoiding FAA Furloughs with Budget Gimmicks

April 25, 2013 | Policy Brief | Transportation & Infrastructure

Bringing Sequester in for a Landing: Congress on Verge of Avoiding FAA Furloughs with Budget Gimmicks Update (9:03 pm): The Senate has gone with option 1 (see below), allowing for the transfer of $250 million from the Airport Improvement... Read More

Essential Air Service Dataset

April 04, 2013 | Reports & Data | Transportation & Infrastructure

Essential Air Service Dataset The Essential Air Service (EAS) is a federal subsidy program created in the 1970s as part of airline deregulation. Though the program was... Read More

Analysis of Selected Sections of S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013

March 20, 2013 | Policy Brief | Budget & Tax , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis of Selected Sections of S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013 The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions.... Read More

Sandy Supplemental Data

February 12, 2013 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Sandy Supplemental Data As Washington debates the merits of a supplemental spending bill in response to superstorm Sandy, this database lists of all the spending... Read More

Transportation Tax Provisions within Fiscal Cliff Deal

January 03, 2013 | Policy Brief | Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation Tax Provisions within Fiscal Cliff Deal The final agreement signed by the president to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” contains several items related to transportation that... Read More

Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals

December 17, 2012 > Updated: January 10, 2013 | Reports & Data | Earmarks & Appropriations , Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals Update January 10, 2013: We’ve combed through the House Appropriations Chairman Rogers Sandy Supplemental bill (HR 152 and his... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More