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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.


GovernmentBusiness

Boxer to Unveil Long-Term Transportation Bill

The top transportation authorizer in the Senate said she would unveil a long-term transportation bill May 8, responding to concerns raised by industry and government officials over a dwindling federal highway account that supports infrastructure projects.

May 7, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

House Transportation Bill Funds Highway Account, Safety Programs

House appropriators unveiled a transportation bill May 6 that would provide more than $52 billion for infrastructure and housing programs in fiscal 2015, and fund a key federal highway account if congressional policy writers pass a new highway bill this year.

May 6, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Senate Panel to Review Cash-Strapped Highway Trust Fund May 6

Senate tax writers will examine ways to keep the Highway Trust Fund鈥檚 road and transit programs funded before the account runs out of money later this summer.

May 5, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Foxx to Talk Transportation Funding at May 7 Senate Hearing

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will make his first congressional appearance next week since unveiling a four-year, $302 billion transportation proposal this week, in an effort to press lawmakers to advance a transportation bill this year.

May 1, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Foxx Sends Four-Year Transportation Bill to Congress

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sent Congress a four-year transportation bill that relies on business tax reforms as a way to boost funds for a federal highway account that is quickly running out of money.

April 29, 2014
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Preliminary NTSB Report Outlines Events in FedEx Calif. Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report April 25 confirming the sequence of events in the fatal crash involving a FedEx Freight truck and a bus in Orland, Calif., earlier this month.

April 25, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

House Panel Sets Public-Private Partnership Roundtable for April 30

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee鈥檚 Panel on Public-Private Partnerships has set an April 30 roundtable hearing to examine how states have applied 鈥淧3鈥 set ups to fund infrastructure projects.

April 25, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Report Calls 63,000 U.S. Bridges 鈥楽tructurally Deficient鈥

A new report by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association found that more than 63,000 bridges around the country 鈥 about 10% 鈥 are 鈥渟tructurally deficient.鈥

April 25, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Former DOT Chiefs Peters, Mineta to Unveil P3 Study Next Week

Former transportation secretaries Mary Peters and Norman Mineta will headline the release of the Eno Center for Transportation鈥檚 study examining the role of public-private partnerships to pay for infrastructure projects.

April 23, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

April 28 Deadline Approaching for TIGER Grant Applications

States and municipalities seeking federal aid this year to revamp critical infrastructure projects have until April 28 to apply for a popular grant program managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

April 22, 2014