@jdwithtw.bsky.social
In case anyone is wondering why mass transit seems uniquely vulnerable among @usdot.bsky.social modes to administrative reorganization plans, it's because the law gives the FTA Administrator nothing specific to do. (All chapter 53 transit duties are given to the Secretary, not the Administrator.)
April 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In case anyone is wondering why mass transit seems uniquely vulnerable among @usdot.bsky.social modes to administrative reorganization plans, it's because the law gives the FTA Administrator nothing specific to do. (All chapter 53 transit duties are given to the Secretary, not the Administrator.)
Three new and previously unannounced nominations to @USDOT posts made by the WhIte House yesterday. I think the unnamed AsstSec job is Multimodal Freight but can't be certain yet.
March 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Three new and previously unannounced nominations to @USDOT posts made by the WhIte House yesterday. I think the unnamed AsstSec job is Multimodal Freight but can't be certain yet.
Worth noting that, in the past, Congress showed they could enact a full-year CR WITH significant spending cuts. This package passed the House with 179 GOP votes and 81 Dem votes on 4/14/2011. Senate vote was 81 to 19. It cut my subcommittee by 18 percent from the year before.
March 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Worth noting that, in the past, Congress showed they could enact a full-year CR WITH significant spending cuts. This package passed the House with 179 GOP votes and 81 Dem votes on 4/14/2011. Senate vote was 81 to 19. It cut my subcommittee by 18 percent from the year before.
This is my fault - yesterday at lunch I mentioned that @usdot.bsky.social had not yet moved to stop the NYC congestion pricing scheme. Cut to today:
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is my fault - yesterday at lunch I mentioned that @usdot.bsky.social had not yet moved to stop the NYC congestion pricing scheme. Cut to today:
Sounds like the mass layoffs started at @usdot.bsky.social today - anyone with 364 or fewer days on the job, plus a few others here and there
February 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sounds like the mass layoffs started at @usdot.bsky.social today - anyone with 364 or fewer days on the job, plus a few others here and there
Now that @USDOT has made its last round of multimodal grant announcements under the RAISE program (formerly BUILD, then TIGER before that), some cumulative totals:
January 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Now that @USDOT has made its last round of multimodal grant announcements under the RAISE program (formerly BUILD, then TIGER before that), some cumulative totals: