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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.


GovernmentSafety

AASHTO Conference Will Press for Highway Funding

State transportation officials will be asked to use their voices to push through highway funding at a major conference in Washington this week. Here's our Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

February 24, 2020
GovernmentSafety

USDOT Announces $1 Billion Funding Notice for Infrastructure Grants

Transportation agencies aiming to improve connectivity along highways may apply for infrastructure grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

February 21, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Top Congressional Republicans Press for Action on Highway Bill

Congress resumes its legislative agenda amid recent calls from Republican leaders on the transportation committees for passage of a highway bill meant to update a law expiring in seven months.

February 20, 2020
Business

Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks: 2020 ATRI Ranking Has Familiar Chokepoints

This is one ranking where you probably don't want to repeat as champion, but for the second year in a row, the approach to the George Washington Bridge heading into New York from the New Jersey side of the Hudson River is being cited as the nation's worst truck bottleneck.

February 19, 2020
Government

Trump Plan: Make Infrastructure Great Now, Surface Transportation in a Few Months

President Donald Trump’s infrastructure directive explained in his fiscal 2021 budget to Congress is about urgency. The time to act is now. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

February 18, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Rep. Sam Graves Highlights Push to Streamline Permitting Process

Policies aimed at expediting the permitting process related to big-ticket infrastructure projects would enhance connectivity along freight and commuter networks, Rep. Sam Graves, the top Republican on the House transportation panel, recently indicated.

February 18, 2020
GovernmentTechnologySafetyAutonomous

Federal Policymakers to Draft Self-Driving Vehicles Bill

WASHINGTON — Policymakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are aiming to draft a bipartisan measure that would guarantee the deployment of lifesaving technologies in self-driving vehicles, the chairman of a key committee said Feb. 11.

February 11, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

House Approves Union Rights PRO Act; Senate Action Uncertain

Legislation meant to strengthen certain rights of workers to unionize advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 6 mostly along party lines.

February 11, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Fiscal 2021 Budget Proposal Offers Increase for Two FMCSA Programs

Programs managed by federal trucking regulators would see a funding boost under a fiscal 2021 budget request the Trump White House sent to Congress on Feb. 10.

February 10, 2020
Government

2020 Presidential Candidates Silent on Fuel Tax for Highway Trust Fund Fix

Since their “victories” in the Iowa caucuses, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg rarely have mentioned their proposals aimed at repairing the country’s networks of roads and bridges. Sanders occasionally has insisted on the need to repair potholes and improve freight connectivity. Buttigieg’s campaign has focused on attacking President Trump. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

February 10, 2020