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Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections.


Business

FMCSA to Unveil 2017 Agenda at TRB

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s agenda for the new year will be unveiled on the third day of the Transportation Research Board’s annual conference in Washington this month.

January 9, 2017
Government, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of Jan. 2: Tunneling Out of Infrastructure Mess

If federal lawmakers need a reminder of an infrastructure mission statement for the 115th Congress, they should visit the House Transportation and Infrastructure hearing room at Rayburn. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.Ģż

January 3, 2017
Government

New Congress Expected to Take On Infrastructure Funding, Tax Reform

A push to reform corporate tax laws by the Republican leadership of the House and Senate could help carve a path for the Trump administration to advance an infrastructure funding proposal in the coming months, Rep. Kevin Brady, the top tax writer in the House, told reporters before the start of the new Congress.

January 2, 2017
Government

Trump’s DOT Pick Outlines Priorities for Agency

The effective enforcement of safety, repairing critical infrastructure and expediting the permitting process are priorities at the U.S. Department of Transportation that Elaine Chao said she will address if confirmed asĢżtransportation secretary in the Trump administration.Ģż

December 21, 2016
Government

NATSO to Advance USDOT Truck Parking Working Groups’ Objective

The group representing truck stop operators nationwide will engage with industry partners in a series of working groups to determine how to enhance parking availability for truckers, the group’s spokeswoman indicated this week.

December 20, 2016
Government, Business

Toll Supporters See Opportunity in Trump Infrastructure Pledge

If President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to tap private investors to build infrastructure projects over the next 10 years is adopted by Congress, new tolling facilities are likely to take off along busy freight corridors, tolling proponents and several transportation groups said in recent interviews with Transport Topics.

December 19, 2016
Business

Parking Woes Hurt Efficiency, ATRI’s Driver Survey Finds

Spending nearly an hour looking for a place to park a truck cuts into a commercial driver’s productivity and wages, a new study by the American Transportation Research Institute found.

December 19, 2016
Government

Gov. Terry McAuliffe: Road Improvements Enhance Virginia’s Freight Corridors

ARLINGTON, Va.Ģżā€” A recent federal grant aimed at improving traffic mobility along Interstate 95 and the port system at Norfolk will help position Virginia as a premier freight corridor on the East Coast in the coming years, the state’s governor told regional road builders hereĢżDec. 16.

December 16, 2016
Government

Former Secretary Ray LaHood: ā€˜Stars Are Aligned’ for Congress, Trump to Adopt Massive Highway Funding Plan

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s first transportation secretary said he sees potential for the country’s transportation funding concerns to be addressed when President-elect Donald Trump’s administration and the Republican-led Congress kick off talks to reform tax policy over the next few months.

December 15, 2016
Government

McConnell to Trump: Tread Carefully on Infrastructure Proposal

President-elect Donald Trump’s $1 trillion campaign proposal to finance roads and bridges through tax credits should steer clear of provisions that add to the deficit, the leader of the U.S. Senate told reporters in Washington on Dec. 12.

December 12, 2016