USDOT Releases CMAQ Guidebook on Performance Measures

On Monday, July 30, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) posted the Transportation Performance Management (TPM) Implementation Plan on the TPM website. According to USDOT, ‘The TPM Implementation Plan’ aims to support FHWA division offices, State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and other stakeholders with implementing TPM requirements through clear communication of overarching…

CoaST Recommends Federal Agencies Continue Telework Policies and Recommends Actions to Strengthen Programs

Last week, in a statement made to Federal News Radio, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)  stated: “We are hearing that the [telework] policy being enunciated at Education is a forerunner of a broad retreat on telework throughout the federal government by the Trump administration,”. This was in reaction to a policy memo released by the Department…

Support Legislation to End the Penalty on Non-Profits for Offering Transportation Options

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law last December, more commonly referred to as tax reform, made several changes to the transportation fringe benefit (IRC Sec. 132(f)). The legislation maintained the parking and transit tax benefits for individuals.  However, it also made the transportation fringe benefit more expensive for non-profits and universities that…

House Committee Passes FY 2019 Transportation Appropriations

The House Appropriations Committee cleared its FY 2019 Transportation, Housing & Urban Development funding bill. Below are some highlights of the legislation: The bill includes appropriates $542 million above the fiscal year 2018 enacted level and $11.7 billion above the President’s request. In total budgetary resources, including offsetting collections, the bill provides $87.8 billion to…