NEWS ROUNDUP-Matthew W. Daus SCROLL DOWN FOR NEWS 12/20/24 Mullen's Big Moves: Increased EV Orders, Battery Expansion, and New Partnerships 12/19/24 American Transit Civil Racketeeting Lawsuit Filed 12/19/24 TRB Congestion Pricing Workshop - Register Now 12/18/24 Hochul Makes $28.5 Million Available for EV Fast Chargers in NY State 12/17/24 Reducing No Fault & Mandating Vehicle Cameras to Help Save American Transit 12/16/24 Matt Daus Makes Congestion Pricing Predictions in amNY Legal 12/13/24 Waymo’s Robotaxis Pass the First Responder Test 12/13/24 December 2024 Monthly Column Resilient IATR Regulators Defy Hurricane at 2024 Florida Conference & Gear up for Nashville 2025! 12/12/24 Will New Yorkers Pay for American Transit Bailout?! 12/11/24 New NYC DOT Mobility Dashboard Highlights Transportation Trends 12/10/24 Joco Is a Lifeline for E-Bike Delivery Riders 12/9/24 Nexar Launches Live HD Mapping to Revolutionize Navigation 12/6/24 inDrive Launches in Cebu, Offers Zero Commission Rates for Drivers 12/5/24 NYC DOT & UTRC Win $16 Million in Transport Tech Funding 12/4/24 Court Blocks Corporate Transparency Act! 12/3/24 The Robotaxi Movement Is in Full Gear! 12/3/24 IATR is Heading to Nashville in 2025 – Early Bird Registration & Discounted Sponsorship is Now Available (Until December 31, 2024)! 12/2/24 Matt Daus Calls for a Transportation Road Safety New Deal 11/26/24 New Operator Wants Air Taxis for Manhattan Downtown Heliport 11/25/24 California Will Offer EV Rebates If Trump Kills Federal Tax Credits 11/25/24 November 2024 Monthly Column Let’s Get Ready to “Rumble in the Concrete Jungle” on Congestion Pricing! 11/22/24 NY’s Congestion Pricing Plan Could Be Paused— Again! 11/21/24 Trump to Establish Federal Robotaxi Framework? 11/20/24 NY State Senate Transportation Chair Pushes for High-Speed Rail in Rochester! 11/19/24 Trump Picks Sean Duffy as Next Transportation Secretary! 11/18/24 New York’s Transit Agency Approves $9 Congestion Pricing Toll 11/15/24 Incoming Senate Chairs Expected to Rein in Infrastructure Dollars 11/14/24 Gov. Hochul Relaunches Congestion Pricing Plan with 40% Reductionoll 11/13/24 Governor Hochul to Relaunch Congestion Pricing with $9 Base Toll 11/12/24 Automated Vehicles Coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard?! 11/8/24 Hochul Moves to Revive Manhattan Toll Plan after Trump Win 11/7/24 Hochul Has No Plans to Revive Congestion Pricing before Trump Takes Office 11/6/24 Trump’s White House Return Signals Major Shift in EV Policy 11/5/24 Transit, Micromobility Make It Easier for Voters to Turn Out 11/4/24 NYC DCAS and US DOT Volpe Issue Report on Intelligent Speed Assistance 11/1/24 Air Taxi Flights Targeting Miami’s Skies by 2026 11/1/24 SOMOS Alert: Senator Cooney & Matt Daus Talk Transit Innovation on Nov. 7th 10/31/24 Waymo Boosts AV Training Program with UTRC and BCC! 10/30/24 Biden Unveils $3 Billion Plan to Electrify Ports, Create Union Jobs 10/29/24 Matt Daus Discusses the Future of Taxi and FHV Insurance in NYC 10/28/24 FTA Orders Transit Agencies to Protect Workers Amid Rising Assaults 10/25/24 USPS’s Proposed Transportation Overhaul 10/25/24 October 2024 Monthly Column The Robotaxi Movement is in Full Gear:ARTS-fully Done TRB! 10/24/24 Tesla Testing Robotaxi Service that Musk Claims Will Launch Next Year 10/23/24 Red Light Cameras to Quadruple in NYC! 10/22/24 Nevoya Wants to Break the EV Truck Adoption Logjam 10/21/24 More Police on Electric Bicycles Are Pulling Cars Over in Traffic Stops 10/18/24 U.S. Supreme Court Elects Not to Hear AB5 Gig Worker Case 10/17/24 Daus Critiques Obstacles to EV Adoption at DC Clean Cities Coalition! 10/16/24 Matt Daus Addresses Insurance Crisis Before the National Limousine Association! 10/15/24 Some Transit Riders Haven’t Returned Due to Crime Fears. New Fare Gates Aim to Reassure Them 10/14/24 How the White House Influences Transportation Grantmaking 10/11/24 Tesla Cybercab Announced 10/10/24 NYC Council No-Fault Reduction Bill Gains Traction! 10/9/24 Thousands Flee Hurricane Milton, Causing Traffic Jams and Fuel Shortages 10/8/24 Rural Transit Systems Explore, Benefit from Data Sharing 10/7/24 Right-Turn-On-Red Bans Not a ‘Silver Bullet’ for Pedestrian Safety 10/4/24 Dockworkers’ Union to Suspend Strike Until Jan. 15 to Allow Time to Negotiate New Contract 10/2/24 When Bus Manufacturers Can No Longer Compete 10/1/24 Walkable Cities: Ending the Automobile Reign 9/30/24 NYC Weighs Slashing Cab Insurance 75% to $50,000 to Aid Drivers 9/27/24 Aviation Startup Seeks to Bring Air Taxis to Los Angeles in Time for Olympics 9/26/24 The Moonshot Plan to Eliminate Deaths on America’s Roads 9/25/24 COVID Walloped Mass Transit. Have Cities Learned to Adjust? 9/25/24 HopSkipDrive Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 9/25/24 September 2024 Monthly Column London Calling 9/24/24 New Crisis for Inter-City Customers as Megabus Goes Bust 9/24/24 VETCycle Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 9/23/24 Biden Administration Proposes Expanding Tax Credits for EV Charger Installations 9/23/24 tappCONNECT Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 9/20/24 Autonomous Shuttles Inch Their Way into Transit Service 9/19/24 U.S. Driving and Congestion Rates Are Higher Than Ever 9/18/24 NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission Proposes Rules to Achieve Mandated Taxi Accessibility Goals 9/17/24 Exploring Digital Payments at the NYC Bar Association FinTech Institute 9/16/24 New York Makes $21 Million Available for EV Fast Charger Installation 9/13/24 Port Labor Strike Gets Closer to Reality 9/12/24 Oversize EVs Have Some Big Issues 9/11/24 NYC’s Largest Cab Insurer Ordered to Explore Sale After Losses 9/10/24 The Legal World of Food Delivery 9/10/24 Mobility Payment Systems & Fintech Event at the NYC Bar Association 9/9/24 Hundreds of Cities Get Federal Help to Make Streets Safer 9/6/24 How U.S. Intercity Bus Lines Are Doing in 2024 9/5/24 The Outsized Cost of Expanding U.S. Roads 9/4/24 NYC’s Biggest Taxi Insurer Is Insolvent, Risking Transit Meltdown 9/3/24 Digital Curb Data Deepens Understanding of Urban Activity 8/30/24 Hundreds of Mayors Agree to Set the Pace for Electric Vehicle Adoption 8/29/24 Georgia Court Says Ride-Hailing Companies Are ‘Motor Carriers’ 8/28/24 American Transit's Surplus Wiped Out by $705 Million Net Loss in Q2 8/28/24 Flywheel Technologies Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 8/28/24 Mobility Payment Systems & Fintech Event at the NYC Bar Association 8/27/24 As Cars and Trucks Get Bigger and Taller, Lawmakers Look to Protect Pedestrians 8/27/24 State Legislators Say They Never Gave Hochul the Power to Pause Congestion Pricing 8/27/24 Curb Mobility Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 8/25/24 August 2024 Monthly Column Mobility On-Demand: MWBE & DBE Certification Primer for the Transportation Industry 8/23/24 NYC DOT and TLC Unveil Next Phase of Public Electric Vehicle Fast Charging in the Bronx and Brooklyn 8/22/24 Car Insurance Rates Could Jump 50% in 3 States This Year 8/21/24 Low-income Areas Need Electric School Buses the Most 8/21/24 Blacklane Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 8/20/24 From Cab to Console, Einride’s First Remote Electric RoboTruck Driver 8/20/24 IATR's "Road to Safety" – Vision Zero & Technology Solutions Panel 8/19/24 Congress Could Ease Rules for Small Cities Seeking Transportation Money 8/19/24 Independent Drivers Guild Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 8/16/24 Truckers, AV Advocates Present Conflicting Views on Self-Driving Safety 8/16/24 IATR's Taximeter Technology Bootcamp 8/15/24 AI and the Power Grid 8/13/24 Is the U.S. Finally Getting “All Aboard” with Electric Trains? 8/12/24 Police Diversify with EVs as Combustion Engines Can’t Keep Up 8/9/24 Voters Struggle to See Impact of Bipartisan Infrastructure Spending 8/8/24 Poll Shows New Yorkers Remain Sour on Congestion Pricing 8/8/24 Uber Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 8/7/24 The Havoc Extreme Heat Wreaks on Our Aging Infrastructure 8/7/24 IATR Regulator of the Year Nominations Are Now Open Until Sept. 1, 2024 8/6/24 Matt Daus Discusses M&A on the “Hot Seat” Podcast! 8/6/24 Banclease Acceptance Fleet Program Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 8/5/24 Shared E-Scooter Operations in 3 Cities Adapt after 2023’s Turbulence 8/2/24 Do Bigger Highways Actually Help Reduce Traffic? 8/2/24 Airport Curbtopia! - How Do We Settle the Fight for the Airport Curb? 8/1/24 Electric Scooter and E-Bike Injuries Have Soared Since 2017, Study Says 7/31/24 Charging an Electric Vehicle Is Cheaper Than Filling a Gas Tank Everywhere In America 7/31/24 Carmel Car & Limo Service Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 7/30/24 MTA to Proceed with Previously Postponed Capital Projects 7/30/24 Via Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 7/29/24 How Federal Leaders Can Keep Building on Passenger Rail Progress 7/26/24 NY Governor Hochul Sued Over NYC Congestion Pricing Freeze 7/25/24 California Gig Workers to Remain Contractors, Prop 22 Upheld 7/24/24 State DOTs Could Fuel a Resurgence in Intercity Bus Travel 7/23/24 Matt Daus Once Again Named Transportation Power Player! 7/23/24 BlueSystems Smart Mobility Platforms Sponsors IATR Conference in South Florida! 7/23/24 July 2024 Monthly Column Mobility On-Demand: The Future of the Transportation Ecosystem 7/22/24 New NYC TLC Rules Eliminate Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle Retirement Dates 7/19/24 Global Tech Outage Hits Airlines, Banks, Health Care and Public Transit 7/18/24 Union, Public Advocate Sue MTA Over Service Cuts Linked to Congestion Pricing U-Turn 7/17/24 House GOP Looks at Transportation Regulations in Light of Chevron Doctrine Ruling 7/16/24 3 Strategies to Decarbonize Transportation 7/15/24 Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ Event Delayed Due to Design Change 7/12/24 What U.S. Transit Agencies Worry Most about Right Now 7/11/24 What the Fall of the Chevron Doctrine Could Mean for Auto Safety 7/10/24 Chinese Self-Driving Cars have Quietly Traveled 1.8 Million Miles on U.S. Roads 7/9/24 School Bus Companies Must Stop Idling Vehicles, Electrify Fleets under Settlement with AG James 7/8/24 Biden Makes $600 Million Available for Reconnecting Communities Pilot 7/3/24 FTA Offers $1.9 Million in Grants for Tech that Improves Riders’ Public Transportation Experience 7/2/24 Better Funding for the MTA Capital Plan 7/1/24 What Is Plaguing NJ Transit and Amtrak Travel to and from Penn Station? 6/28/24 Uber, Lyft Reach Deal With Massachusetts on Driver Benefits 6/27/24 Biden Administration Announces $1.8 Billion for Infrastructure Projects 6/26/24 MTA Board Votes to Pause Congestion Pricing 6/25/24 Auto Industry Pleads with Biden Administration to ‘Reconsider’ Automatic Braking Rule 6/25/24 June 2024 Monthly Column NYC Congestion Pricing’s “Indefinite Pause”: What Didn’t Happen, Why, and What’s Next?! 6/24/24 How to Make an EV Tire that Won’t Pollute the Environment 6/21/24 Federal Judge Dismisses Key Claims in Congestion Pricing Lawsuits 6/20/24 Megabus Owner Coach USA Files for Bankruptcy amid Ridership Decline 6/19/24 MTA Stops Work on 2nd Avenue Subway Due to Congestion Pricing Pause 6/18/24 Public Transit in the Post-Pandemic World: Views Diverge at Congressional Hearing 6/17/24 Feds Give Latest Congestion Pricing Approval, Leaving Hochul with Final Decision 6/14/24 MTA Board Can't Revolt on Congestion Pricing, City Planning Chief Says 6/13/24 Make NYC Congestion Pricing 2.0 About Reducing Congestion & Pollution - Not Just the Money! 6/12/24 Congestion Pricing 2.0 Should Exempt EVs & Shared Mobility, Says IATR! 6/11/24 Should Governor Hochul Remove the Interborough Express from MTA? 6/10/24 M.T.A. Will Push to Run Subway Safely With Toll Plan Halted, Chief Says 6/7/24 Will MTA Board Overrule the Governor on Congestion Pricing? 6/6/24 Is Hochul’s Plan to Stop Congestion Pricing Legal? 6/5/24 Congestion Pricing in New York City Indefinitely Postponed 6/4/24 What Smartphone Data Can Reveal about Traffic Accidents 6/3/24 What’s All the CoMotion about in Miami? 5/31/24 Congestion Pricing’s Latest Challenger: New York City Truckers 5/30/24 NYC Transit Chief Davey Heads for Mass. Port Authority 5/29/24 Electric Bikes Are About to Get More Expensive 5/28/24 Feds Provide Grants for Safer Streets to Nearly 3/4 of the U.S. Population 5/23/24 As Cities Add Bus and Bike Lanes, Traffic Enforcement Keeps Them Clear 5/22/24 May 2024 Monthly Column “What’s All the CoMotion About in Miami? IATR Joins Forces with CoMotion to Promote Transportation Innovation!” 5/22/24 NYC TLC Releases Regulatory Agenda for Fiscal Year 2024 5/20/24 Uber Health Launches New Caregiving Solution 5/17/24 EPA Makes $1 Billion in Grants Available for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles 5/16/24 Changing of the Guard at NY State Senate Transportation Committee 5/15/24 White House Announces Third Year of SMART Grant Funding 5/14/24 On-Demand Aviation Mobility Services Report Released! 5/13/24 JOCO Takes the Lead as NYC Tackles E-Bike Batteries 5/10/24 Why Some Cities Want to Combine Transit Agencies 5/9/24 U.S. Could Ban Chinese Connected Vehicles or Impose Restrictions 5/8/24 As E-Bike Fires Proliferate, Safety Advocates Urge Consumer Education 5/7/24 Transit Bus Maker New Flyer Sees Record Orders, but Delivery Challenges Remain 5/6/24 U.S. DOT Asks for Feedback on AI Risks, Opportunities 5/3/24 Biden Administration Grants Flexibility for Automakers in EV Tax Credit Rule 5/2/24 NYC DOT Puts Equity in Motion! 5/1/24 Revel in Talks to Snap up Defunct NYC Tesla Charging Sites 4/30/24 MTA Opens Congestion Pricing Exemption Enrollment for Buses and Others 4/29/24 NYC's Budget Transportation Highlights 4/26/24 Breaking: Congestion Pricing Starts June 30th 4/25/24 White House Earmarks $1 Billion in Push for Freight and Bus Decarbonization 4/25/24 April 2024 Monthly Column TRB 2024: Curbtopia! – The Ideal Curb of the Future... 4/24/24 FTC Issues Ban on Worker Non-Compete Clauses 4/23/24 NY State Budget Transportation Rundown 4/22/24 Tesla Has Lowest Maintenance and Repair Cost of Any Brand 4/19/24 Tesla Plans to Build 1,800-Mile Charging Corridor for Semi Trucks 4/18/24 MTA Chair Lieber Discusses Fare Evasion, Capital Investments, and More at Crain’s Breakfast 4/17/24 New EV Charging Features Are Coming to Google Maps 4/16/24 Congestion Pricing Gets Complicated on the Brooklyn and Queensboro Bridges 4/15/24 Will Congestion Pricing Help Achieve Accessibility Systemwide? 4/12/24 How Transit Agencies Can Succeed at Outsourcing Operations 4/11/24 NYC Mayor Adams Touts Delivery Worker Pay Raise & New Proposed Regulatory Agency 4/10/24 President Biden’s EV Czar Moves Full Speed Ahead on Charging Infrastructure! 4/9/24 New Study: Autonomous Vehicle Jobs to Exceed 110k in U.S 4/8/24 Solar Eclipse Traffic Caused Delays Across the Country 4/5/24 New York City Earthquake Delays Trains, Grounds Planes 4/4/24 The Intercity Bus of the Future! 4/3/24 History Repeats Itself as JFK Taxi Dispatchers Charged with Taking Bribes 4/2/24 U.S. Cities Are Clamoring for Electric Buses 4/1/24 New Jersey to Hit EV Buyers with $250 Registration Fee, and Increased Fuel Levies 3/28/24 NYC DOT Finalizes for Larger and Safer Cargo Bikes 3/27/24 MTA Gives Final Approval for NYC Congestion Pricing 3/26/24 Baltimore Bridge Collapses after Cargo Ship Collision 3/25/24 Buses Likely Up for Congestion Pricing Exemptions 3/22/24 What to Expect from Biden’s Clean Car Push 3/21/24 March 2024 Monthly Column TRB 2024: Robotaxis, Micromobility & International Cooperation 3/20/24 NYC Gets $77 Million to Electrify School Buses and Trucks 3/18/24 Remembering Black Car Industry Icon Victor Dizengoff! 3/15/24 U.S. DOT Awards $3.3B to Reconnect Communities 3/14/24 oes Your Transportation Business Need a Succession Plan? 3/13/24 White House Releases Zero-Emission Freight Strategy 3/12/24 NYC Council Proposes Laws Impacting Buses, FHVs, E-Bikes & Taxis 3/11/24 Another Tesla Autopilot Crash Goes to Trial, but with New Evidence 3/8/24 New York Pushes Forward with Electric School Bus Mandate 3/7/24 FHWA Proposes States Must Assess Road Safety for Pedestrians, Cyclists 3/6/24 Uber and Revel Offer NYC EV Drivers Charging Discounts 3/5/24 New York City Tests Public E-Bike Charging for Delivery Workers 3/4/24 NYC TLC Finds No Need for More FHVs in License Review Report 3/1/24 City Council Approves Crackdown on Lithium-Ion Batteries 2/29/24 Matt Daus in Vegas - Legal Succession Planning Workshop for Transportation Businesses! 2/28/24 Daus & NYC Bar Association Take On EVs, AVs, Flying Taxis & More! 2/27/24 Hybrids Lead Consumer Reports’ Top 10 New Vehicle Picks 2/26/24 Electric Air Transport Is Set to Take off with Taxis by End of this Decade 2/26/24 February 2024 Monthly Column New Corporate Transparency Laws: Transportation Companies Must Comply to Avoid Hefty Fines 2/23/24 The Company That Runs the NYC Ferry Is Filing for Bankruptcy 2/22/24 More Riders, Fewer Stations for Intercity Bus Lines 2/21/24 NREL Offering Assistance with Bus Fleet Electrification Plans 2/20/24 Uber Sues Insurer for Refusing to Cover NYC Drivers in Crashes 2/16/24 Joint Venture EV Charging Network Ionna Begins Operations 2/15/24 NYC Uber, Lyft Drivers Due for Raise 2/14/24 First Responders Are Getting New Help with EV Challenges 2/13/24 Congestion Pricing Exemption Wars 2/12/24 Stellantis to Adopt Tesla’s Charging Port 2/9/24 FTA to Help Electric Transit Bus Buyers Amid Tough Times for Manufacturers 2/8/24 NYC Mayor Adams’ Voice Will Be Heard on Congestion Pricing, with Key MTA Board Nominations! 2/7/24 NYC Mayor and Council Speaker Against Current Congestion Pricing Structure 2/6/24 Momentum for Expanding Intercity Bus Service Is Growing Among States 2/5/24 Gov. Hochul Backs Congestion Pricing But Gives Free Tolls to Queens, Bronx Drivers 2/2/24 EPA Clean School Bus Program Awards Nearly $1 Billion 2/1/24 Limo Safety Bills Moving Forward in NY State Senate 1/31/24 Micromobility Is Quickly Becoming a Digital Experience 1/30/24 Are Riders More Injury-Prone on E-Scooters? 1/29/24 Congress Looks at E-Bike Battery Bill Pushed by NY Reps 1/26/24 School Bus Industry Eligible for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit 1/25/24 NY Governor Hochul Announces $13 Million in EV Charging Reliability Funding 1/24/24 2023 Monthly Column Congestion Pricing Exemption Wars: The MTA Empire Strikes Back Against Private Buses!” 1/24/24 NYC Mayor Eric Adams Announces Creation of Department of Sustainable Delivery 1/23/24 NY Governor Hochul Targets Limo Safety, Tolls & Speed Limits in Budget Proposal 1/22/24 Gov. Hochul Proposes Criminalizing Congestion Pricing Fare Evaders 1/19/24 City Council Caucus Backs Lawsuit against Congestion Pricing 1/18/24 Matt Daus Named Transportation Power Player by PoliticsNY! 1/17/24 MTA Installs Cameras on Manhattan Highways to Track Congestion Tolls 1/16/24 NYCSBUS Receives $29 Million Clean School Bus Grant 1/12/24 Hertz is Selling 20,000 Electric Vehicles to Buy Gasoline Cars Instead 1/11/24 Court Rules NY Black Car Fund Can Collect Surcharge Fees on Driver Tips 1/10/24 Governor Kathy Hochul Lays Out NYS Transportation Agenda in Her 2024 State of the State Address 1/9/24 Department of Labor Independent Contractor Final Rule Announced 1/8/24 NYC TLC Publishes 2021 and 2022 Medallion Reports 1/5/24 Office-to-Residential Conversions Raise Questions at the Curb 1/4/24 Another Congestion Pricing Lawsuit Launched by Teachers Union & Staten Island Borough President 1/4/24 Attending TRB? Join us for an International Cocktail Reception Honoring ICC on on Tue., Jan. 9th at 6pm ET 1/3/24 AV Sensors Become International Dispute 1/2/24 What to Know About 2024 Changes to the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit 12/29/23 Happy Holidays! Wishing You Peace & Prosperous “Connectivity” in 2024! 12/28/23 Mayor Adams Aims to Restrict Gov. Abbott's Migrant Busing 12/27/23 MTA Announces Congestion Pricing Hearing Dates 12/26/23 NYC DCAS to Expand Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) 12/22/23 Happy Holidays! Wishing You Peace & Prosperous “Connectivity” in 2024! 12/21/23 Waymo Reaches 7+ Million Miles of Rider-Only Driving 12/21/23 December 2023 Monthly Column NYC Congestion Pricing Holiday Wishes: MTA’s Santa Con - Who’s Getting A Gift & Who’s Getting Coal in their Mobility Stockings? 12/20/23 NYC Council Legalizes Interior Advertising in For Hire Vehicles! 12/19/23 https://mailchi.mp/windelsmarx/transportation-daus-13657174-ay3ug7k0yu-13657334?e=c279fa5c92 12/18/23 Passenger Vehicle Anti-Idling Law Proposed for New York State 12/15/23 Hundreds of Vision Zero Projects Get Biden Bucks 12/14/23 The Best Electric Cars for High-Mileage U.S. Drivers 12/13/23 IIHS Pushes for Intelligent Speed Assist Tech 12/12/23 Zipcar Offers Discounts to Philadelphia Housing Authority Residents 12/11/23 Feds Could Begin Requiring Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Standards 12/8/23 Why Used EV Prices Are Falling 12/7/23 Florida Limousine Association Pushes fir Statewide Reciprocity Law! 12/6/23 Where Are All the Robot Trucks? 12/5/23 U.S. DOT Announces $1.5 Billion Round of RAISE Grants for 2024 12/4/23 NYC Mayor Adams Vows to Remove Parking Spots from 1,000 Intersections Every Yea 11/30/23 https://mailchi.mp/windelsmarx/transportation-daus-13657174-ay3ug7k0yu-13657274?e=c279fa5c92 11/29/23 How 120 of the World’s Major Cities Could Cut Transport CO2 by 22% 11/28/23 Breaking News: Uber Partnering with London Black Cabs! 11/27/23 Electric vs. Gas Cars: Is It Cheaper to Drive an EV? 11/21/23 Hertz and EVgo Offer One-Year Charging Deal to Hertz Renters 11/20/23 Using Your iPhone to Start Your Car Is About to Get a Lot Easier 11/19/23 November 2023 Monthly Column {12245840:1}IATR Modernizes Mobility in Arizona – Next Stop? Florida 2024!” 11/17/23 New York Governor Hochul Expands Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding and Incentives 11/16/23 Feds Want Speed Reduction Tech in Every New Car 11/15/23 Your Car Can Keep Collecting Your Text Message Data, Judge Rules 11/14/23 Flying Taxis are Coming to NYC! 11/13/23 App Drivers Rush to Get Green TLC Licenses before Judge-Ordered Stop Hits? 11/9/23 Does Anyone Remember the NYC Talking Taxi Program? 11/8/23 How Cars Have Become the Biggest Threat to Privacy 11/7/23 DoorDash Will Start Tracking Delivery Workers' Driving Behavior 11/6/23 Micromobility Trips Increased by 5 Million from 2021 11/3/23 How Cities Can Decarbonize Delivery in the Era of Online Orders 11/2/23 NYC TLC Chairs Daus & Do (Past & Present) Chat About Vision Zero! 11/1/23 Tesla Wins Fatal Autopilot Crash Jury Trial 10/31/23 Why Cities Are Cracking Down on Free Parking 10/30/23 USDOT Opens $40 Million Grant Opportunity for Connected Vehicle Technologies 10/28/23 October Monthly Column The Mobility Agency & TLC of the Future – IATR President Matt Daus Unveils New Initiatives in Prague at the World Road Congress Industry” 10/27/23 GM, UAW May Be Nearing a Labor Deal after Marathon Negotiating Session 10/26/23 Tesla’s First Big Supercharger Deal is a $100 Million Sale to BP 10/25/23 JOCO’s Fireproof Cabinets Offer Solution for E-Bike Battery Fires 10/24/23 Biden’s 58 MPG Fuel Economy Standard Could Slow EV Investments, Auto Group Warns 10/23/23 Cities Reap Benefits from “Intelligent Transportation Systems,” but Challenges Remain 10/20/23 How North American Cities Can Prepare for and Promote Large-Scale Adoption of E-Cargo Bikes 10/19/23 NYC to Lift Limits on Electric Uber, Lyft, and Other Rideshare Vehicles 10/18/23 New Data Suggests Top 3 Causes of Driving Risk 10/17/23 How many chargers will the Northeast’s electric trucks need? 10/16/23 U.S. Government Unveils Plans for Seven Clean Hydrogen Hubs 10/13/23 Ford’s Joint EV Battery Venture Increases Wages at Planned Factories Amid UAW Strike 10/12/23 RSVP Today for a Fireside Chat with Matt Daus & NYC TLC Commissioner at Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum 10/11/23 What Drove Online Used Car Marketplace Shift to File for Bankruptcy 10/10/23 How New York City and the MTA Plan to Spend $15 Billion Raised Through the Congestion Pricing Toll 10/9/23 GM Agrees To Put EV Battery Plants Under National Union Contract 10/6/23 Treasury Lays Out Rules for Instant EV Rebate 10/5/23 The U.S. Needs 100x More EVs to Reach Net Zero by 2050 10/4/23 NEVI Charging Stations Going Nowhere 10/3/23 Congestion Pricing Panel Weighs MTA's Tolls and Carve-Outs for Taxis and FHVs 10/2/23 EPA Clean School Bus Rebate Program Offers $500 Million in Funding 9/29/23 EV Charging Is Coming to Truck Stops and Curbsides 9/28/23 Tesla Looms Large Over UAW Strike 9/27/23 MTA Puts Limits on “Life-Changing” Taxi Service for Disabled Riders 9/26/23 NYC School Bus Driver Strike Averted 9/26/23 September 2023 Monthly Column Estate Planning & Corporate Succession Guide for Transportation Company Owners Industry” 9/22/23 Amtrak to Triple Infrastructure Investment over Two Years 9/21/23 Mayor Adams and Hertz Announce Partnership to Create Jobs, Workforce Training, Electrify Vehicles 9/20/23 Bird Acquires Spin Scooters from Tier for $19 Million 9/19/23 Tesla Builds In-Car Software to Make Car Rental Easier With Hertz’s Fleet 9/18/23 Detroit's Big Three Are Fighting to Dominate the Next Generation of the Car Industry 9/14/23 Matt Daus Addresses Legality of EV Bike Mandate for Delivery Workers in NYC Council Bill! 9/13/23 New York City DOT Releases Curb Management Action Plan 9/12/23 NY Black Car Fund Promotes Driver Wellness! 9/11/23 Electric Vehicle Sales Keep Going Up 9/8/23 Clock Ticking for States to Replace Dwindling Gas Taxes 9/7/23 Transportation Officials Cannot Ignore AI: Report 9/6/23 NYC School Bus Strike Coming Soon?! 9/5/23 Biden Gives Lifeline to Legacy Automakers with $15 Billion for EV Production 8/31/23 Zero-Emission Delivery Takes Center Stage in New City Challenge 8/30/23 Transit Bus Makers Struggling Despite Federal Funding Support 8/29/23 Mayors Want Clearer Federal Guidance on Clean Energy Tax Credits 8/28/23 Micromobility Makes a Full Recovery from COVID-19 8/26/23 August 2023 Monthly Column Are Flying Taxis Real and Taking Off Soon? 8/25/23 Hertz Charges Up to Expand Electric Car Fleet in NYC with Revel Deal 8/24/23 Making Sense of This Summer’s Congestion Pricing Debate 8/23/23 Advanced Vehicle Tech Could Help Prevent 250,000 Traffic Deaths Over 30 Years 8/22/23 In San Francisco, Being a Human Instead of a Robot Will Cost You 8/21/23 Electric Cars Face “Punitive” Fees, New Restrictions in Many States 8/18/23 Cruise And Waymo See a Surge in Robotaxi App Downloads 8/17/23 Congestion Pricing Dominates NYC Hearing 8/16/23 Mayor Adams, TLC Announce All Rideshare Vehicles Must be Zero-Emission or Wheelchair Accessible by 2030 8/15/23 Ditching Gas Just Got More Affordable for Low-Income EV Buyers in California 8/14/23 The Four Biggest Hurdles in America’s EV Transition 8/11/23 Cruise And Waymo Win Robotaxi Expansions in San Francisco 8/10/23 More GM Electric Vehicles Will Be Able to Charge Homes in Coming Years 8/9/23 NYC TLC FHV License Storage and “JW” Summons Updates 8/8/23 Downtown Travel Has Not Recovered from COVID-19, Data Shows 8/7/23 The Power Grid Needs Technology to Handle an All-Electric Future 8/4/23 New York Lawmakers Want to Mandate Devices to Slow Speeders 8/3/23 Automated Traffic Cameras Coming to Some NYC School Buses 8/2/23 Uber Posts First Operating Profit as Ridership Hits New Record 8/1/23 Hertz Grows EV Fleet, City Partnerships 7/28/23 Biden Administration Rejects GM's Warning That U.S. Emissions Rules Will Be Costly 7/28/23 July 2023 Monthly Column “Buses & the City: The Future of the NYC Motor Coach Industry” 7/27/23 Autonomous Vehicle Regulation Focus of House Subcommittee Hearing 7/26/23 Leading Automakers Partner to Create Massive EV Charging Network 7/25/23 U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, Revel Announce First High-Power EV Charger Coming to Port Morris 7/24/23 Staten Island to Join NJ in Filing Lawsuit Against Congestion Pricing 7/21/23 New Jersey Sues Over Congestion Pricing Plan in New York City 7/20/23 Tesla to License FSD to Other OEMs, Allow Transfer of FSD to New Cars 7/19/23 MTA’s Traffic Mobility Review Board Meets to Discuss Congestion Pricing Tolling Scenarios 7/18/23 Battle Over U.S. EV Credits Heats Up With Carmakers Left Idling 7/17/23 Driverless Truck Restrictions Advanced by California Senators in New Bill 7/14/23 Transportation Electrification Toolkit for Cities Published by DOT 7/13/23 NYC Congestion Pricing: First Meeting to Determine Toll Prices to Be Held Next Week 7/12/23 Unsold Electric Cars Are Piling Up on Dealer Lots 7/11/23 Matt Daus Appointed Co-Chair of Int’l Road Federation AV Task Force! 7/11/23 Judge Delays Rollout of Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Law 7/10/23 The EV Future Can Benefit from Supporting Tesla Superchargers 7/7/23 Food Delivery Services Sue NYC Over Minimum Pay Rates for App-Based Workers 7/6/23 Via Leans into Public Transit with Uber Partnership 7/5/23 Daus on TV — Calls for Reducing Airport Taxi/FHV Access Fees & Instead Charging Fees to Private Cars! 6/29/23 Via and Uber Sign Partnership: Uber Drivers Will Be Integrated into Via-Powered Transportation Offer 6/29/23 June 2023 Monthly Column Congestion Pricing Gets Green Light in NYC! 6/28/23 The SAE is Standardizing Tesla’s EV Charging Plug 6/28/23 Congestion Pricing Gets Green Light in NYC! 6/27/23 NYC Is Cleared for First-in-U.S. Congestion Tolls as Soon as April 6/26/23 The Deadly and Costly Impact of Supersized Vehicles in New York 6/23/23 MTA Expands Paratransit E-Hail Pilot, but Boosts Price and Caps Number of Rides 6/22/23 Will Congestion Pricing Properly Toll Taxis and FHVs? 6/21/23 Tesla Owns Top Four Spots as Most American-Made Cars in Annual Report 6/20/23 JOCO Partners With Grubhub to Open New Rest Stop for Delivery Workers in Soho 6/16/23 E.V. Ride-Sharing Programs Bring Cleaner Transportation to Low-Income Communities 6/15/23 Infrastructure Bill (NEVI) Stations Grind Slowly Toward Construction 6/14/23 Labor Board Retools Crucial Independent Contractor Test 6/13/23 A Moonshot for Infrastructure 6/12/23 NYC Establishes First Minimum Wage for Food Delivery Workers 6/9/23 Here is How Many Lives Would be Saved by Switching to EV-Only Sales 6/8/23 EV Sales Are Soaring and Oil Use Is About to Peak 6/7/23 How Remote Work Has Reshaped New York’s 'Super Commutes 6/6/23 Port Authority Relocates For-Hire Vehicles for JFK Airport Terminal 5 Pick-Ups to Remote Garage Rooftop 6/5/23 NYC Drivers Rally for Congestion Pricing Exemption 6/2/23 Ford Offering Flexible EV Leases to Uber Drivers 6/1/23 NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services Fleet Show Highlights Electric Vehicles! 5/31/23 $400 Million for Low-Emission School Buses Available from EPA Grant Program 5/30/23 U.S. EV Leases Are Climbing as Buyers Take Advantage of IRA Tax Credit 5/25/23 May 2023 Monthly Column The Airport of the Future – A Sustainable & Equitable Ground Transportation Management Paradigm” 5/25/23 Ford to Bring Tesla’s Charging Tech Into its Future EVs 5/24/23 Matt Daus Speaks at Columbia University about Post Pandemic Mobility Lessons Learned 5/23/23 MTA Proposes Raising Subway, Bus Fare to $2.90 by Labor Day 5/22/23 California Truck Emissions Rules Appear Poised to Spread Across North America 5/19/23 Why Do So Many EV Chargers Across the Nation Not Work? 5/18/23 Curbside EV Chargjng with Revenue Share Coming For NYC Property Owners! 5/17/23 MTA Chair Janno Lieber Driving Forward Fast to Implement Congestion Pricing! 5/16/23 Daus Vents on Radio Show About Congestion Pricing Funds to Fix Access-A-Ride! 5/15/23 NJ Senator Bob Menendez Intros Fed Bill to Kill Congestion Pricing 5/12/23 MTA Releases Final NYC CBD Tolling Program Environmental Assessment 5/11/23 GM Combines Sales Operations for All Commercial Units Under GM Envolve 5/10/23 Google is Driving Deeper Into the Automotive World 5/9/23 MTA Will Offer Congestion Pricing Discounts for Low-Income ‘Frequent Drivers’ 5/8/23 Feds Give MTA Final Blessing to NYC Congestion Pricing 5/5/23 AV Fever Has Cooled Off, but Driverless Cars Aren’t Going Away 5/4/23 Waymo Doubles Robotaxi Service Area in Phoenix in Bid to Grow Driverless Trips Tenfold 5/3/23 Remote Work Is Straining Public Transit — And Many Agencies Are Stuck 5/2/23 JOCO & Grubhub Partner to Help NYC E-Bike Delivery Workers 5/1/23 The Long Demise of the Stretch Limousine 4/28/23 New York Governor Kathy Hochul Announces $1.1 Billion for the MTA in 2024 Budget Agreement 4/27/23 City of Dublin, Ohio Partners with Automotus to Implement Curbside Management Analytics 4/26/23 Cruise Robotaxis Are Now Operating Everywhere, All at Once in San Francisco 4/25/23 April 2023 Monthly Column “Minding the (MTA Budget) Gap!” 4/24/23 Lyft to Make ‘Significant’ Cuts Across Ride-Hailing Company 4/21/23 Adams Launches Sprawling Climate Blueprint on the Eve of Earth Day 4/20/23 Hertz is Bringing 4,000 Rental EVs to Atlanta, Including Teslas 4/19/23 Unagi Secures Best Buy as E-Scooter Subscription Partner 4/18/23 Hyundai And Itselectric Pilot Curbside EV Charging in Brooklyn 4/17/23 Curbside Parking Still Big Challenge for Delivery Drivers 4/14/23 Still No Timeline for Feds’ Approval of Congestion Pricing, Says Secretary Buttigieg 4/13/23 Remembering the NY Auto Show’s Taxi ‘07 Exhibit & 100 Year Anniversary of the Taxicab! 4/12/23 Tighter EPA Vehicle Emissions Standards May Speed up Electric Vehicle Transition 4/11/23 NY State & City Agencies Electrify NY Auto Show 4/10/23 Walmart Is Preparing to Build Its Own Coast-to-Coast EV Charging Network 4/5/23 GM Overtakes Ford as Second-Best Seller of EVs in U.S. but Still Trails Tesla by a Wide Margin 4/4/23 Grubhub Driver Wins Employee Status in Misclassification Row 4/3/23 A Sale May Be the Only ‘Rational’ Solution for Lyft, Observers Say 3/31/23 Everything You Need to Know about the IRS’s New EV Tax Credit Guidance 3/30/23 U.S. Battery Sourcing Guidance to Cut Some EV Tax Credits 3/29/23 Lucid to Lay Off 1,300 Employees in Restructuring 3/28/23 May Mobility and Stantec Partner to Advance AV Microtransit Services 3/27/23 FTA Offers $212 Million in Disaster-Relief Funds for Cities, Transit Agencies 3/24/23 March 2024 Monthly Column Big Labor Law Changes on the Way for Ground Transportation Gig Workers? – Impact of California’s Prop 22 Ruling & the Proposed U.S. Department of Labor Rule 3/24/23 Next Stop for Andy Byford, Former New York Subway Chief: Amtrak 3/23/23 U.S. New-Vehicle Sales to Rise in March on Strong Demand for Cars and Trucks 3/22/23 One-Third of Americans Would Consider EV Purchase 3/21/23 Windels Marx Trains NY State DOT Engineers (ITS-NY) on Ethics & Procurement Laws 3/20/23 To Recover from COVID, Transit Needs a Rider-Centered Future. Here is How 3/17/23 GM CEO Meets with Senators on Self-Driving Cars 3/16/23 Via Confirms it Has Acquired Trip Planning App Citymapper to Boost Its Transit Tech 3/15/23 Bipartisan Congressional Caucus Formed to Fight Congestion Pricing 3/14/23 Uber and Lyft Shares Rise After California Court Victory Lets Them Classify Drivers as Contractors 3/13/23 Amtrak and SRC to Seek Federal Study for Long Distance Service across Mississippi and Louisiana to Texas 3/10/23 U.S. DOT’s Fiscal 2024 Budget Request Boosts Safety, Supply Chain Programs 3/9/23 U.S. Opens Probe Into Amazon’s Zoox Robotaxi Self-Certification 3/8/23 Safety Agency Opens Probe of Norfolk Southern Rail Accidents 3/7/23 GM’s Ultra Cruise Will Use Radar, Camera, and Lidar to Enable Hands-Free Driving 3/6/23 Tesla Cuts Model S and Model X Prices in the U.S. to Stoke Demand 3/3/23 Gen Z’s Turn Against Driving Is a Mirage 3/2/23 Everything Elon Musk and Execs Shared (and Skipped) at Tesla Investor Day 3/1/23 EVs Are Billed as the Future, but a Potential Skills Gap Is Sparking Concerns about Cost and Safety 2/28/23 Oct 2022 Monthly Column NYC Announces Bold Zero Emissions Plans to “Charge-Up” the TLC’s Fleet: How to Obtain New Free Electric For-Hire Vehicle Permits (E-FHVs) 2/28/23 Tesla Pauses New Full Self-Driving Beta Installations until Recall Is Addressed 2/27/23 Full Long Island Rail Road Service to Grand Central Madison to Begin Monday 2/24/23 MTA Pushes Congestion Pricing Back to Second Quarter of 2024 2/23/23 TikTok Is Coming to Cars, Starting with Mercedes-Benz — 2/22/23 NY State Comptroller Highlights Massive MTA Budget Gaps & Impending Fiscal Cliff! 2/21/23 CUNY’s UTRC Awarded Millions in Transportation Equity Research Funding by US DOT! 2/17/23 MTA Kills $50 Million Contract to Fix Paratransit, With Little Delivered in 4 Years 2/16/23 Hyundai and Kia Forced to Update Software on Millions of Vehicles Because of Viral TikTok Challenge 2/15/23 NYC’s First Electric Air Taxi Flight! 2/14/23 he Economic Resilience of the Most Walkable U.S. Neighborhoods 2/13/23 Taxis in South Carolina – Black History Month Spotlight 2/10/23 Self-Driving Truck Companies Face a Potential Roadblock in California 2/9/23 AI Pilot to Improve Traffic at NYC Bridges and Tunnels 2/8/23 Biden Takes Victory Lap on Infrastructure in State of the Union 2/7/23 Adding More Highway Lanes Does Not Solve Traffic 2/6/23 Biden Administration Expands EV Tax Credits in Boost for Tesla, Cadillac, Others 2/3/23 NY DOT May Get Power to Seize Buses, Vans & NEMT Vehicles! 2/2/23 NY Governor Hochul Proposes Payroll Tax & Casino Revenue to Save Teetering MTA, but Fare Hikes Still Coming 2/1/23 Cars Are Rewiring Our Brains to Ignore All the Bad Stuff about Driving 1/31/23 GM Has Started Producing the Hummer EV SUV 1/30/23 Micromobility and Transit Pave the Way to Net Zero 1/28/23 Jan 2023 Monthly Column IATR Releases Global Decarbonization Plans:Guiding Principles for Mobility Policy & Congestion Mitigation 1/27/23 Florida Is Getting $200 Million to Amp up Electric Car Accessibility for Eco-Friendly Vehicles Spike 1/26/23 NYC Mayor Announces All EVs for Uber & Lyft by 2030! 1/25/23 Americans Spend $179 on Fuel Each Month—Here Is How to Spend Less 1/24/23 A $3.6 Billion EV Charging Boost Is Still a Missed Opportunity 1/23/23 Matthew Daus Speaks about AVs at SIP-adus in Japan 1/20/23 In Race to Electrify, Uber Wants EVs That Sacrifice Top Speeds, Wheels 1/19/23 NYC Says Vehicles Equipped with Speed Limit Tech Reduced Unsafe Driving 1/18/23 10 Auto Industry Predictions Investors Should Keep an Eye on This Year 1/17/23 Uber & Hertz Expand EV Rental Partnership to Europe 1/13/23 Tesla Cuts Prices in the U.S. and Europe by up to 20 Percent 1/12/23 Matt Daus Unplugged - Mobility Trends & Predictions for 2023 1/11/23 Transit Topics to Watch in 2023 1/10/23 Extreme Acceleration Is the New Traffic Safety Frontier 1/9/23 Matt Daus Releases IATR’s Decarbonization Plans at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 1/6/23 Flutes, Synths, a Human Voice – How Should Electric Vehicles Sound? 1/5/23 NYC Will Buy Over 900 Electric Vehicles in Hopes of a “Greener” Municipal Fleet 1/4/23 The Cities Keeping Their Car-Free Spaces 1/3/23 A Partial List of All the EVs That Qualify for the New $7,500 Tax Credit 12/28/22 An EV-plosion Awaits in 2023, and It Will be Packed with Tech 12/27/22 Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is Blamed for Eight-Car Pileup in California 12/22/22 Dec 2022 Monthly Column The Future of Vision Zero:Transportation Safety Technology & Autonomous Enforcement 12/22/22 Automated Vehicles Coming to NYC & NJ Airports in Early 2023? 12/21/22 The EV Tax Credit Rules Are Being Delayed Until March 2023 — Here’s What That Means for You 12/20/22 NYS Climate Action Council Finalizes Scoping Plan to Advance Nation-Leading “Climate Law” 12/19/22 New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection 12/16/22 Proposed NYC Anti-Idling Law Triples Fines for Buses & Trucks (3 strikes could = $12K! 12/15/22 Spotlight on NYC Council Transportation Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers 12/14/22 Uber Halts NYC TLC’s Pay Raise Formula – Until January 31, 2023! 12/13/22 Western Countries Forge Green Alliance for Getting Electric Vehicle Minerals 12/12/22 Uber Sues NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission to Block Rate Increase for Drivers 12/9/22 BMW Thinks It Can Turn Speed Bumps into Energy for Its EVs 12/8/22 Uber and Motional Launch Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas 12/7/22 These 10 Cars Have the Greatest Potential Lifespan — And Several Are Models Used in the Limo Industry 12/6/22 Ford CEO: U.S. Dealers Agree to Sell EVs Under Company’s Investment Programs 12/5/22 Matt Daus Appointed Chair of the NYC Bar Transportation Law Committee! 12/2/22 Here Are the EVs That Give You a Tax Credit 12/1/22 Democrat House Leader Hakeem Jeffries' Transportation Policy Insights 11/30/22 Remote and Hybrid Work Is Boosting Commercial Air Travel - 11/29/22 Matt Daus & NYC Commissioners Celebrate the NYC DOT Street Design Manual 11/28/22 Can Electric Vehicle Conversion Lead the Race to Net Zero? 11/28/22 Nov 2022 Monthly Column Transportation Equity & Rockin’ Regulation in Memphis!IATR’s 35 Annual Conference Recap 11/23/22 NYC School Bus Tracking App Begins Rollout After Delays Due to the Pandemic 11/22/22 Electric Transit Bus Orders Boom after FTA Funds 1,100 Buses 11/21/22 Airlines Say They Are Prepared for Busy Holiday Season, with 10% More Pilots Working than Pre-Pandemic 11/18/22 The Infrastructure Law, One Year Later 11/17/22 Boeing Urges Air Taxi Safety Standards Be as Strict as for Commercial Jets 11/16/22 New York Taxi Drivers to Get First Raise in 10 Years, Riders Will Pay 23% More 11/15/22 The Pandemic Bike Boom Survives—In Cities That Stepped Up 11/14/22 Electric Vehicles Start to Enter the Car-Buying Mainstream 11/11/22 Uber, Flywheel Announce Rideshare Partnership 11/10/22 Everything You Need to Know About Charging an Electric Car 11/9/22 Why Are Slow Rental E-Scooters Speed-Regulated in Cities but Fast Motor Cars Are Not? 11/8/22 Auto Industry Reassesses Autonomous Vehicles, Creating Uncertainty for City Leaders 11/7/22 Here Is How the U.S. Can Stop Wasting Billions of Dollars on Each Transit Project 11/4/22 Lyft Is Cutting 13% of Staff to Cope with “Tough Reality 11/3/22 U.S. Traffic Safety Is Getting Worse, While Other Countries Improve 11/2/22 Trip to Become Publicly Traded via Business Combination with Spree Acquisition Corp 11/1/22 U.S. Supreme Court Leaves TSA Mask Requirement Ruling in Place 10/31/22 Biden Has Ambitious Infrastructure Goals. Made-in-America Rules Could Slow Them 10/28/22 FHWA Releases Guidance to Reduce Traffic Fatalities under National Roadway Safety Strategy 10/28/22 Oct 2022 Monthly Column Spotlight on Hon. Selvena N. Brooks-Powers –New NYC Council Transportation Committee Chair Is on the Move & Shaking Things Up! 10/27/22 Why the Price of Gas Has Such Power Over Us 10/26/22 "Buy America” Takes a Back Seat in Drive to Build EV Charging Stations 10/25/22 EV Bonanza Flows to Red States Critical of Biden Policies 10/24/22 Matt Daus Named to Transportation Power 100 10/21/22 Goodbye Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Hello, Luxury Bus? 10/20/22 EmpireCLS Completes EV Charging Station Installations 10/19/22 Vision Zero Cities: Driving as a Risk Factor: A New Paradigm 10/18/22 Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Gets Real About the EV Revolution: Tuesday 10/17/22 How is Travel Adapting to the Subscription Economy? 10/14/22 U.S. DOL Proposed Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act: Friday 10/13/22 There is a Billion-Dollar Bidding War for EV Plants Across the U.S 10/12/22 NYC Yellow Cabs Are Struggling. Congestion Pricing Could Deal a New Blow 10/11/22 Daus’ World Is ITS World – All Star Panel in Los Angeles Addresses Post-Pandemic AV Future! 10/10/22 New York City Will Issue Up To 1,000 Electric Vehicle FHV Licenses 10/7/22 Uber and Motional to Roll out Autonomous Ride-Hail and Delivery Services in U.S. Cities 10/6/22 Gas Prices Going Up Again 10/5/22 NY State Limo Task Force Addresses Schoharie Crash with Reform Proposals: 10/4/22 Building EV Charging Through Public-Private Partnerships 10/3/22 GM’s Cruise Wants to Add 5,000 More Robotaxis to American Streets 9/30/22 September 2022 Monthly Column Economic Impacts of NYC Congestion Pricing & Taxi Fare Increase 9/29/22 Electric Vehicle Sales Poised for Rapid Growth, Despite Inflation Reduction Act Limitations 9/28/22 All 50 States Get Green Light to Build EV Charging Stations Covering 75,000 Miles of Highways 9/27/22 NACTO Pushes Back as Big Auto Seeks Safety Exemption for Driverless Carss 9/26/22 Mayor Adams Announces Major Progress in NYC’s Transition to Electric Vehicles 9/23/22 Minimobility: The Next Big Thing in Urban Mobility 9/22/22 California Limousine Association Summit: “Opportunities for Success! 9/21/22 President Biden's Administration Appoints Gabe Klein EV Charging Czar! 9/20/22 Why Electric Vehicles Will Not Break the Grid 9/19/22 Enough! Remove Most Taxi & Ride Hail Fees & Taxes Now! 9/16/22 Tech Companies Vie to Monetize the Curb and Reinvent Street Parking 9/15/22 Matt Daus’ M&A Team Helps Deliver Major Limousine Industry Acquisition 9/14/22 Daus/Aidala Radio Show: "Hey MTA!- Back Off on Taxi Double Congestion Price Now! (Says 2 Brooklyn Guys) 9/13/22 Daus Angeles:” Is the State of the Limo Industry Precariously Resilient? 9/12/22 Soaring Energy Costs Could Threaten Future of Electric Cars, Experts Warn 9/9/22 Uber Begins Rolling Out Yellow Taxi Rides in New York City 9/8/22 Daus to Crain's NY: "NYC Taxi Fare Increase Makes Sense-But Not if MTA Charges Passengers More! 9/7/22 Biden Administration Seeks Waiver of “Buy American” Rules for EV Chargers 9/6/22 NYC TLC Announces Proposed Rules for Taxi Fare Increase; Minimum Pay Increases for Uber and Lyft Drivers 9/1/22 The Next Big Market Opportunity for Micromobility is Commercial, Not Consumer 8/31/22 Former TLC Chair Analyzes Medallion Bailout Program Impacts 8/30/22 New York City Finalizes Major Deal for Taxi Debt Relief Program 8/29/22 Cyclists, Pedestrians and Motorists Clash Over COVID Street Changes 8/28/22 August 2022 Monthly Column “The Inflation Reduction Act: EV & Infrastructure Funding, Credits & Incentives – How Do Ground Transportation Industry Stakeholders Benefit?” 8/26/22 Can Technology Help Cities Manage Curbs Better? 8/25/22 NYC Mayor Adams Announces $7.25 Million Federal Grant to Plan Major Expansion of Greenway Network 8/24/22 MTA Congestion Plan: How to Speak Out, Comment & Be Heard 8/23/22 Matt Daus Comments on the Squeeze on NYC Cab Drivers by Congestion Pricing 8/22/22 Arrest of Recidivist in Cabbie Attack Should Be “Wake-Up Call” to Pols: 8/19/22 Why New York City’s Car Safety Pilot Is a Big Deal: Transportation Newsletter for Fri. 8/18/22 NYC Taxi Medallion Prices Rise Again! -- Why?: Transportation Newsletter for Thur 8/17/22 Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act into Law 8/16/22 U.S. DOT Seeks to Double the Nation’s Electric Bus Fleet: Tues 8/15/22 Please Help the Family of Slain NYC Taxi Driver Kutin Gyimah! 8/12/22 United Airlines Puts Down Deposit on Flying Taxis 8/11/22 Matt Daus to MTA "Exempt Taxis & For Hire Vehicles from Congestion Charge! 8/10/22 Gas Prices Have Fallen 57 Straight Days 8/9/22 Up, Up and “Oh No”: The Trouble with Air Taxi Startups 8/8/22 Senate Improves EV Tax Credit in Largest Climate Bill Ever 8/5/22 Manchin Deal Could Raise New Hurdles for Electric Vehicle Incentives 8/4/22 Electric Cars’ Surging Prices Mean Fewer Buyers Can Use Tax Credit 8/3/22 Federal Highway Administration Announces $7.3 Billion in Grants for Transportation Resilience 8/2/22 Matt Daus To Deliver Congestion Mitigation Speech at Texas Conference- Aug 4th at 1:30pm CDT 8/1/22 San Francisco Taxi Drivers Prepare for First-in-the-Nation Uber Partnerships 7/29/22 U.S. Senate Democratic Deal Would Expand EV Tax Credits 7/28/22 MTA Stacks Congestion Pricing Panel with Business Leaders 7/28/22 July 2022 Monthly Column The Black Car & Limo M&A Market is Hot! -So Let’s Learn How to be Legally Prepared to Buy or Sell1 7/27/22 Matt Daus Proposes Congestion Pricing Plan on Radio Show 7/26/22 Americans Driving Less with Gas Prices Still Higher Than a Year Ago 7/25/22 Pete Buttigieg Faces Crisis and Opportunity as Airline Cancellations Mount 7/22/22 5 Ways Autonomous Cars Will Reshape Our World 7/21/22 $84 Billion in Transportation Law Grants Awarded So Far: DOT Secretary Buttigieg Says During House Hearing 7/20/22 Four Factors Driving the Bus Operator Shortage 7/19/22 To Escape High Gas Prices, Many Are Searching for Electric Vehicles. They Are Nowhere to Be Found 7/18/22 Extension of EV Tax Credits in Jeopardy after Manchin Says He Will Not Support Climate Spending Bill- 7/15/22 Governor Hochul Announces Charging Discount Programs for Electric Vehicle Drivers across New York 7/14/22 80% of American Travelers Experienced Travel Issues in 2022 7/13/22 Alto: Meet the Startup Aiming to Take on the Ride-Hail Industry Leaders 7/12/22 How the Ride-Sharing Revolution Failed Passengers with Disabilities 7/11/22 City On-Road Emissions Targets Proposed by Biden Administration 7/8/22 Carmakers Start to Starve Combustion Models Out of Existence 7/7/22 DoorDash Patent Application Hints at Autonomous Vehicles under Consideration 7/6/22 NYC Taxi Medallion Prices Rise-Again! 7/5/22 Ira Goldstein Recognized in City & State’s Inaugural Class of Above & Beyond Innovators 7/1/22 National Safety Council to Release New Report: Mobility, Technology and Safety: The Next 20 Years 6/30/22 How Micromobility Can Improve Last-Mile Delivery 6/29/22 Ridesharing and E-Scooters Are Growing Twice as Fast as Mass Transit - Transportation Update 6/29/22 June 2022 Monthly Column “NYC Yellow Taxicabs- The Road Ahead!” 6/28/22 Cities Are Banning New Gas Stations. More Should Join Them. - Transportation Update 6/27/22 Tesla’s in the Lead as U.S. Electric Car Sales Get Superchargeds - Transportation Update 6/24/22 Gas Prices Sting U.S. Workers Who Depend on Their Cars - Transportation Update 6/23/22 Gas Prices Tip Some U.S. Rideshare Drivers to Wrap Cars in Ads - Transportation Update 6/23/22 U.S. Payroll Tax Cut Off the Table, But $100 Billion in School Aid May Come: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/22/22 US Senate Plans "Handful" of Stimulus Bills: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/21/22 Lyft Agrees to $25 Million Settlement with Shareholders Over Safety-Related Allegations 6/17/22 White House Takes New Look at Federal Gas Tax Holiday 6/16/22 Waymo and the Future of Autonomous Driving 6/15/22 U.S. Safety Agency Says Tesla Accounts for Most Driver-Assist Crashes, but Warns Data Lacks Context 6/13/22 Taxi Medallion Values Inch up for First Time since 2014 6/10/22 U.S. Drops Covid Testing Requirement for International Travelers 6/9/22 More DC Fast Charging, No App Sign-Ups under White House’s New EV Charging Rules 6/8/22 Let’s End Traffic Stops- 5/25/22 May 2022 Monthly Column “NYC Has A New TLC Commissioner/Chair: Who is David Do & What Will He Do?” 5/31/22 Arcimoto’s FUN Electric Three-Wheelers are JOCO’s Newest Delivery Vehicles in NYC 5/27/22 U.S. Infrastructure Is Nowhere Near Ready for Biden’s Electric Vehicle Timeline 5/26/22 As Feds Update Auto Safety Standards, City Officials Want a Say 5/25/25 Enhanced Benefits Legislation for Drivers under the Black Car Fund is Passed and Moves to the Governor! 5/24/22 Electric Vehicles Tease a New Energy Source: Gravity 5/23/23 The Case for Going Big with Infrastructure Spending 5/20/22 The Decade of Cheap Rides Is Over 5/19/22 It is Official! David Do is the NYC TLC Chair: His Agenda is Outlined Here! 5/18/22 U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Steers $5 Billion to Cities for Safety as Road Deaths Soar 5/17/22 NHTSA Report Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021 5/16/22 Matt Daus Talks Bicycle Lane Enhancements and Enforcement on Cats Roundtable: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/13/22 How to Minimize COVID-19 Risk on a Plane as Passengers Ditch Masks, According to Doctors 5/12/22 Gasoline Prices Spike to All-Time High, Again 5/11/22 Hybrid Work Poses No Threat to New York’s Recovery, MTA Chief Says 5/10/22 A Guide to U.S. Electric Car Tax Credits and Rebates 5/9/22 The Future of Drones in Transportation and Logistics 5/6/22 U.S. DOT, Congress Push Each Other to Do More on Automated Vehicles 5/5/22 High Gas Prices Are Pushing Electric Car Sales to a Tipping Point 5/4/22 Daus "Super-Pumped" by Uber Taxi Partnership (NY Daily News Op-Ed) 5/3/22 Biden Administration Announces $3.1 Billion to Make Electric Vehicle Batteries in the U.S 5/2/22 U.S. and China Race to Make Self-Driving Taxis a Reality 4/29/22 Here Is Why Cutting Gas Taxes Does Not Work When Prices Soar 4/29/22 April 2022 Monthly Column “The Uber-Taxi Partnership: Regulatory Evolution Spawns A New Transportation Species!!” 4/28/22 Breaking News: New NYC TLC Chair Announced Today! 4/27/22 The Black Car Fund’s Push to Secure Benefits for Drivers 4/26/22 Residents Left Behind as Pandemic Hurts Bus Companies: Tues 4/25/22 As U.S. Mask Mandate Is Struck Down, Immunocompromised People Contemplate Travel Plans 4/22/22 NYC DOT Commissioner Rodriguez Announces Programming for Largest-Ever Earth Day Celebration This Saturday 4/21/22 U.S. Justice Department Appeals Ruling Lifting Transit Mask Mandate after CDC Request 4/20/22 Startups Try to Make EV Charging Easier in Cities 4/19/22 Traveler Mask Mandate Struck Down; Masks No Longer Required on Buses, Trains and Planes 4/18/22 Who is in the Driver’s Seat? Risk Management Updates for the Autonomous Vehicle Industry 4/14/22 Study: Today’s EV Tax Credits Might Actually Increase Emissions 4/13/22 Mask Mandate for Air Travel and Public Transportation Is Extended Again 4/12/22 Transportation Initiatives Are Key to the FY 2023 New York State Budget 4/11/22 Can “Buses-as-Flights” Get Americans out of Cars — And Planes? 4/8/22 Albany Looks to Gas Tax Holiday to Placate Drivers – Along With Some Assurances to Mass Transit 4/7/22 Aidala Power Hour: Daus Talks Taxis, Ubers & Enhanced Wheelchair Access! 4/6/22 Breaking News: Uber Lands Another Taxi Partnership with Flywheel in SF! 4/5/22 NYC TLC Holds Hearing on Taxi Airport Flat Rates & Financial Disclosure Requirements 4/4/22 "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been..."-from taxis to Uber & back! 4/1/22 President Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for EV Batteries and Clean Energy 3/31/22 President Biden’s FY23 Budget Requests $21.1 Billion for Transit, $17.9 Billion for Rail 3/30/22 Historic Limo Integration Deal Announced in Vegas at NLA CD Show! 3/29/22 NYC TLC Decides to Continue FHV Licensing Pause 3/28/22 Matt Daus Comments: What You Need to Know about Uber-Taxi Deal with Curb 3/28/21 March 2022 Monthly Column “Americas-Workforce-and-the-Self-Driving-Future_Realizing-Productivity-Gains-and-Spurring-Economic-Growth” 3/25/22 Stimulus Checks for Gas? Here is What Could Be Coming Your Way 3/24/22 NYC Taxis Partner with Uber!-A Turning Point in Mobility History 3/23/22 COVID-19 Recovery: Riders are Coming Back, but Where are the Drivers? 3/22/22 As Gas Prices Rise, Towns Add Electric Car Charging Stations 3/21/22 Georgia and Maryland Passed Gas Tax Suspensions, More States May Follow 3/18/22 The 2020s Will Be a “Transformative” Transportation Era, Buttigieg Says 3/17/22 Student Transporters Cope with Rising Fuel Prices- 3/16/22 U.S. Senate Votes to Nix Mask Mandate for Public Transportation 3/15/22 Americans Struggle as Vehicle Expenses Rise 3/14/22 Joco Pivots to E-Bike Delivery Rentals 3/11/22 Buckle Up, Autonomous Vehicles Finally Get Federal Safety Standards 3/10/22 Mayor Adams Releases Blueprint for City’s Economic Recovery: COVID-19 Transportation Update 3/9/22 Public Transit Gets $3.7 Billion to Woo Riders, Adopt Green Fleets: COVID-19 Transportation Update 3/8/22 Honoring Our Women in Transportation!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 3/7/22 Federal Transportation Officials Considering Lifting Mask Mandate for Travel: COVID-19 Transportation Update 3/4/22 Partisan Cracks Emerge over How to Implement $1 Trillion Infrastructure Law 3/3/22 Matt Daus Interviewed on Post-Pandemic Mobility Predictions 3/2/22 NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission Chair Resigns! 3/1/22 Mask Requirements for Public Transportation and Transportation Hubs 2/28/22 New CDC Mask Guidance Marks Major Shift for Schools 2/25/22 How Post-Pandemic Business Travel Will Change 2/24/22 Celebrating Dominican Heritage Month in the Transportation Industry 2/24/22 Federal Actions Threaten Independent Contractor Classification for Transportation #Gig Economy# Drivers (12014362) 2/23/22 “Air Rage” Is Complicating Travel in North American and Europe 2/22/22 Celebrating Black History Month in the Transportation Industry 2/18/22 Small Cities Seek to Compete for Historic Infrastructure Funds 2/17/22 Why Vision Zero Is a Human Rights Issue for the Deaf — and the Rest of the Disability Community 2/16/22 Two Years Out, Transportation Leaders Reflect on Pandemic Changes 2/15/22 NY Governor Hochul Establishes Office of the Chief Disability Officer 2/14/22 States Must Develop EV Infrastructure Plans to Access $5 Billion in Federal Funding: U.S. DOE, U.S. DOT 2/11/22 NYC Increases Minimum Pay Rates for Uber and Lyft Drivers 2/10/22 NY State Assembly Hold Hearing on EV Charging Station Deployment 2/8/22 Does America Need a “Mobility Bill of Rights?” 2/7/22 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Looks at the Future of Autonomous Vehicles 2/4/22 New Federal Law Requires Some States to Improve Bike/Walk Safety 2/3/22 Vaccine Mandate Legal Primer for Transportation Companies 2/2/22 Driverless Cars Will Not Be Good for the Environment if They Lead to More Auto Use 2/1/22 White House Issues Guidebook for Communities to Access Infrastructure Funding 1/31/22 Will State-By-State Regulation of Self-Driving Vehicles Work—and Keep People Safe? 1/28/22 U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Targeting Rising Traffic Fatalities 1/27/22 How Automakers Can Stop Humans from Over-Relying on Automated Safety Tech 1/26/22 The Best EV Charging Solution That No One Is Talking About 1/25/22 Can AI-Powered Congestion Pricing Improve Transportation Equity 1/24/22 House Republicans Now Tout Provisions to Infrastructure Funding Even Though They Voted Against the Bill 1/21/22 U.S. DOT Announces $11 Million in Grant Awards to Help Communities Plan for Transit-Oriented Development 1/20/22 Can Flying Taxis Overcome Civic and Legal Turbulence: COVID-19 Transportation Update 1/20/22 Jan 2022 Monthly Column “IATR 34th Annual Conference Recap 35th Annual Conference Preview (12003381)” 1/19/22 US DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg Chats at TRB with Professor Shaheen & Nat Ford 1/18/22 Fare Caps Might Get Transit out of the Pandemic Slump 1/14/22 Five Potentially Overlooked Pieces of the Infrastructure Bill 1/13/22 News Alert for Transportation Companies: Supreme Court Blocks Nationwide Vaccine and Testing Mandate for Large Businesses 1/12/22 The Ubiquitous Yellow School Bus Can Be Turned into a Force for Climate Change Good 1/11/22 Report: In 2021, Drivers Nearly Erased Most of 2020 Climate Wins 1/10/22 U.S. Infrastructure Bill Primer: Billions of Dollars on the Way for the Ground Transportation Sector 1/7/22 Congestion Pricing Can Be Equitable, If Done Right 1/6/22 Micromobility Drives Toward Broader Acceptance 1/5/22 2021 Set Public Transit towards Equitable, Accessible Future 1/4/22 De Blasio's Vision Zero Failure 12/30/21 What the New Rules for COVID-19 Testing Mean for Your Business: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 12/29/21 NYC TLC Supports Lifting FHV Cap: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/28/21 NLRB Invites Briefs Regarding Independent Contractor Standard: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/27/21 U.S. Government Should Consider Vaccination Requirement for Domestic Travel, Dr. Fauci Says: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/26/21 Dec 2021 Monthly Column “How To Strengthen Your Limousine Company’s Affiliate Network Agreements in a Post-Pandemic World” 12/23/21 Disabled Passengers were Promised Autonomous Vehicles - They are Still Waiting 12/22/21 Matt Daus Addresses NYC Mayor’s EV Legacy 12/21/21 Ydanis Rodriguez Appointed NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner: 12/20/21 Gravity Launches NYC EV Taxi of the Future: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/17/21 EVs Are Taking Over. The Invasion Arrives in the U.S. in 2022: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/16/21 Updated NYC Vaccine Mandate: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/15/21 U.S. EEOC Says COVID-19 Can Be Covered by Disability Bias Law: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/14/21 Energy and Transportation Departments Team Up to Help States Develop EV Charging Infrastructure: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/13/21 Shifting to EVs Alone Won’t Save Our Planet: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/10/21 Six Improvements Worth Celebrating within Flawed Infrastructure Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 12/9/21 Fixing Failure: Creating Safer Communities by Designing Safer Roads 12/8/21 Traffic Ticks Up but Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels 12/7/21 Jetpacks, Flying Cars and Taxi Drones: Transport’s Future is in the Skies 12/6/21 With Ridership Still Down, Transit Agencies Rethink Priorities 12/3/21 As Infrastructure Funds Begin to Flow, Climate, Safety, Equity Impacts Are Not Enough, Some Say 12/2/21 TSA Extending Mask Mandate for Domestic Travel Through March 2022 12/1/21 Can E-Moped Sharing Help Wean Americans Off Car Ownership? 11/30/21 Matt Daus Addresses “Electric Future” at South American Transportation Conference 11/29/21 Airlines Log Busiest Days Since Early 2020 over Thanksgiving but Omicron Poses New Challenge: 11/26/21 Nov 2021 Monthly Column “NYC Congestion Pricing Primer: Plans, Policies, Pandemic Impacts & Ideas to Make It Work Better!” 11/23/21 NYC Congestion Pricing Primer:Plans, Policies< Pandemis Impacts& Ideas to Make It Work Better 11/22/21 The Infrastructure Bill Will Not Transform America’s Focus on Cars 11/19/21 Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers as Energy Costs Spike 11/18/21 Reverse the NYC EV Ban Now! #StopEVbaninNYC : COVID-19 Transportation Update 11/17/21 Nominate a Driver of the Year - IATR 34th Annual (Virtual) Conference: “Regulatory Reboot! 11/16/21 U.S. School Buses May Never Be the Same Thanks to Biden’s Infrastructure Plan: COVID-19 Transportation Update 11/15/21 President Biden Signs $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill into Law: COVID-19 Transportation Update 11/12/21 On Infrastructure, Follow the Money: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 11/11/21 Bootcamp 101 - Urban Air Mobility Training Session - IATR 34th Annual (Virtual) Conference: “Regulatory Reboot! 11/10/21 Public Transit Use Must Double to Meet Climate Targets, City Leaders Warn: 11/9/21 “Small Victories” for Vulnerable Road Users in Infrastructure Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 11/8/21 U.S. Ends International Travel Ban, Opening the Door to Vaccinated Tourists: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 11/5/21 House Poised to Vote on Both Build Back Better and Infrastructure Bills: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 11/4/21 Key Takeaways as U.S. Sets January 4 Vaccine Mandate Deadline: COVID-19 Transportation Update 11/3/21 Congratulations to NYC Mayor-Elect Eric Adams!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 11/2/21 U.S. DOT Promises National Safe Systems Approach After Historic Death Surge: COVID-19 Transportation Update 11/1/21 Matt Daus to Speak at International School Bus Webinar: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/29/21 House Democrats Punt Infrastructure for Third Time: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/28/21 Hertz to Rent 50,000 Teslas to Rideshare Drivers: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/27/21 Democrats’ Hopes for Infrastructure Vote Hit Brick Wall: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/26/21 Unvaccinated Americans to Face Tighter COVID-19 Testing Requirements in New U.S. Travel System: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/26/21 Oct 2021 Monthly Column “NYC Congestion Pricing Primer: Plans, Policies, Pandemic Impacts & Ideas to Make It Work Better!” 10/25/21 House Speaker Predicts Infrastructure Bill Vote This Week: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/22/21 Lyft Reveals 4,158 Reports of Sexual Assault in Its Safety Report: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/21/21 “Mobility Justice:” How Cities Are Rethinking Public Transportation after COVID-19: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/20/21 Matt Daus Discusses Next Level of Evolution for Taxi, Limo, and NEMT Industries: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/19/21 Bus Industry Raises Alarm, Asks Congress for Pandemic Relief: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/18/21 Matt Daus Addresses Uber & Lyft’s Entry into Taxi Ad Market: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 10/15/21 Holiday Travel May Be More Chaotic Than Ever this Year: Taxi Rooftops: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/14/21 After Wild West Start, Scooter Providers Chase Scale to Survive: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/13/21 U.S. to Lift Canada, Mexico Land Border Restrictions in November for Vaccinated Visitors: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/12/21 President Biden Faces Pressure to Pass Infrastructure Bills This Month: COVID-19 Update 10/8/21 COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Federal Contractors Could Preview OSHA’s Rules 10/7/21 Parking is Back as an Office Amenity Post-COVID 10/6/21 Matt Daus' Rock Band to Headline Dallas, Texas Limousine Convention! – Coinciding with Release of Songs from Upcoming Album… 10/5/21 Democrats Aim to Pass Infrastructure, Social Spending Bills by the End of October: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/4/21 That Uber or Lyft Trip May Be Worse for the Planet than Driving Yourself 10/1/21 Democrats Call off Infrastructure Vote after Negotiations Stall on Reconciliation Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/30/21 How Megacars, More Driving Could Cancel out EV Gains: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/30/21 September 2021 Monthly Column Should My Transportation Company Mandate & Promote Driver Vaccines? 9/29/21 Transit Funds Could Crack Under Pressure of the Budget Deadline:COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/28/21 COVID-19 Variants Slow Pace of Business Travel Recovery: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/27/21 House Began Debate on Infrastructure Bill Today: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/24/21 Treasury Guidance Expands List of Eligible CERTS Expenses: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/23/21 Democratic Leaders Racing Toward Monday Infrastructure Vote: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/22/21 Progressives Say They Plan to Vote Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Next Week: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/21/21 NYC Medallion Relief + Projections = Fuzzy Math: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/20/21 Senior House Democrats Concede Likely Scale-Back of $3.5 Trillion Biden Spending Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/17/21 FTA Announces $25 Million Funding Opportunity to Help Transit Agencies: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/16/21 Reconciliation Looking Good for Sustainable Transportation: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/15/21 500,000 Public Electric Vehicle Chargers Is the Wrong Goal: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/14/21 Infrastructure Reconciliation Bills May Fail Over Democratic Infighting: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/13/21 MaaS Faces Its Make-or-Break Moment: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/10/21 Remembering September 11, 2001, and How it Impacted the NYC TLC: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/9/21 Matt Daus Presented on the “Future of Taxis” at the National Shared Mobility Summit!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/8/21 More Risk, Less Coverage – How Rideshare Insurance Rules Shortchange NYC Crash Victims: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/2/21 Walking Places Is Part of the Culture Wars Now: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/1/21 What the Taxi of Tomorrow Could Have Been (Reminiscing on Taxi'07 Javits Center Showcase): COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/31/21 Matt Daus Comments on the $65 Million Taxi Relief Fund, Now Stalled for Six Months: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/30/21 Celebrating 114 Year Anniversary of the Taxicab!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/27/21 New York's Hottest Ride Hailing Service is the Taxi: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/26/21 The First NYC Wheelchair Accessible Taxis!: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 8/25/21 Origins of the NYC Sustainable Taxi & For-Hire Vehicle Movement: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/24/21 Celebrating the Origins of Taxi Technology: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/23/21 Matt Daus Celebrates the 20 Year Anniversary of NYC TLC Commissioner Appointment: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/20/21 August 2021 Monthly Column EVs in the City: Are FHV Diamonds Forever? 8/20/21 Infrastructure Bill Would Cut the Employee Retention Tax Credit Short: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/19/21 Federal Investigation into Tesla Autopilot Defects Could Pull 765,000 Cars from U.S. Roads: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/18/21 The Bus Industry and the Coming Demographic Crisis: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/17/21 Tesla Is Under Investigation Because its Cars Keep Hitting Emergency Vehicles: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/16/21 Matt Daus to Deliver EV Car Rental Speech in Vegas Tomorrow: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/13/21 U.S. Road Travel Rose 14.5% in June as Motorists Near Pre-Pandemic Driving: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/12/21 House Democrats Press Leaders to Include More Funding for Electric Vehicles in Spending Plan 8/11/21 How the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Will Direct Billions Toward Tech Spending: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/10/21 Senate Passes $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/9/21 Matt Daus to Deliver EV Infrastructure & Shared-Mobility Speech @ Transport Conference in Lima, Peru: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 8/6/21 Senate Fails to Finalize Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Will Hold Key Vote Saturday: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 8/5/21 Congress Wants to Make Going to the Airport Less Miserable: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/4/21 Matt Daus' Book Tour Continues - Multi-Modal Free Webinar Tomorrow 8/3/21 Here is What Comes Next for the $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/2/21 EPA Webinar Alert: COVID-19: Aerosol Treatment Devices & Ozone Disinfection: COVID-19 Transportation Update: 7/30/21 Senate Set to Advance Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Today: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/29/21 Funding Alert: FTA Opens $16.3 Million for Transit Planning to Address Equity: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/28/21 Americans Want Green School Buses, but Congress Sells Them Short: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/27/21 Biden’s Infrastructure Deal on Shaky Ground as Blame Game Begins: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/26/21 Subject Line: Senate Vote On Revised Infrastructure Bill Expected Today: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/23/21 Pittsburgh’s New MaaS Platform and Mobility Hubs Aim to Support “Universal Basic Mobility 7/22/21 Curb’s Trips Increase 800% as U.S. States Reopen: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/23/21 July 2021 Monthly Column “IATR Announces 34th Annual (Virtual) Conference: “Regulatory Reboot!” 7/21/21 Global EV Battery Industry Will Be ‘Sold Out’ by 2025: Bank of America: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/20/21 Negotiators Struggle to Finish Infrastructure Bill with Clock Ticking: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/19/21 CDC Defends U.S. Transit Mask Mandate as Some Call for Scrapping: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/16/21 Reconciliation Bill May Limit GOP Support for Infrastructure: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/15/21 Democrats Confident Their Infrastructure Plans Are Coming Together: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/14/21 Bipartisan Senate Group to Finalize Infrastructure Bill This Week: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/13/21 Matt Daus Further Expands Transportation Corporate Law Team!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/12/21 Last Chance for CERTS Funding – Apply Now: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/9/21 Business, Labor Groups Endorse Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/8/21 Democrats Race to Push Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Through Senate: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/7/21 Eric Adams Wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary & Talks Transportation Policy w. Daus & Co.: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/6/21 Grappling with School Bus Driver Shortages Continues Despite Funding Promises: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/2/21 House Passes Surface Transportation Bill, but the Path Forward Is Unclear: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/1/21 Matt Daus to Deliver EV Keynote Speech at Int'l Car Rental Convention in Vegas: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/30/21 Biden Admin Praises Revel After NYC Snubs Its Tesla Taxi Plans: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/29/21 Matt Daus Named to Top Transportation Power List: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/28/21 U.S. Senate Republicans Press CDC to End Mask Mandate on Airplanes, Transit: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/25/21 Details of the Infrastructure Deal Released: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/24/21 March 2021 Monthly Column The CERTS Act Program: How Transportation Companies Can Apply for COVID-19 Relief Grants 6/24/21 “We Have a Deal,” Biden Says After Meeting with Senate Infrastructure Group: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/23/21 Transport Bill in the Hands of Retiring Senator Toomey: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/22/21 Biden and Congressional Leaders to Meet on an Infrastructure Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/21/21 CERTS Act Portal is Open Now! – Deadline to Apply is July 19th: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/18/21 Senator Collins Pushes USDOT To Expedite COVID-19 Funds for Bus and Motorcoach Companies: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/17/21 Daus to Deliver International Speech on Big Transportation Data Access & Privacy in a Multi-Modal Autonomous & Connected World Update-Thurs, June 17, 6/16/21 NYC 2021 Mayoral ElectionTransportation Policy Primer & Voter Guide: Candidates’ Positions & Plans: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/15/21 Senators Face Roadblocks to Passing Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/14/21 What the Next NYC Mayor Should Do on Transportation Policy: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/11/21 Surface Transportation Legislation Movement in House and Senate: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/10/21 Problem Solvers Caucus” in Congress Unveils $1.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/9/21 NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams & Matt Daus Discuss Transportation Policy!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/8/21 New EEOC Guidance Addresses COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/7/21 Taxi-mageddon is Coming Soon!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/4/21 Biden Wants GOP to Back More Spending: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/3/21 Boston Consulting Group & Via Collaborates on TransitTech Study: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/2/21 Infrastructure Negotiations Enter Make-or-Break Week: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/1/21 Matt Daus’s Book Chapter on Taxis Published in the Routledge Handbook of Public Transport!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/28/21 $10 Billion Federal Proposal to Improve Transit Station Accessibility: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/28/21 May 2021 Monthly Column The 2021 NYC Mayoral Election: What Candidates Are Saying About Transportation Issues & What the Next Mayor Should Do! 5/27/21 Congress Considering Fourth Stimulus Check: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/26/21 How to Avoid COVID-19 Lawsuits!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/25/21 Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks on Life Support: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/24/21 White House Makes $1.7 Trillion Infrastructure Counteroffer: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/21/21 Biden Stimulus Plan – A Down Payment on Reviving American Cities?: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/20/21 House Republicans Introduce $400 Billion Transportation Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/19/21 U.S. Treasury Expected to Open CERTS Portal by End of May: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/18/21 Post-pandemic Innovation in Transit is Needed to Enhance Mobility and Economic Opportunities: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/17/21 SBA Pushes Pending PPP Loan Applications To Community Financial Institutions: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/14/21 U.S. Will Not Immediately Lift Mask Rules in Air Travel or Public Transit: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/13/21 NYC Taxicab Fares Cheaper Than Uber & Lyft!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/12/21 What to Watch in the Car Share Rental Company Turf Wars: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/11/21 New CERTS Grant Guidance Released for Bus & Motorcoach Industry!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/10/21 CERTS Act Transportation Business Grants Funding: Are You Ready to Apply?: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/7/21 New Guidelines for the CERTS Grant Program for Bus and Motorcoach Operators : COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/6/21 Biden’s Labor Department Rescinds Trump-Era Rule Affecting Gig Workers: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/5/21 Gravity Announces Innovative New Electric Yellow Taxi Fleet: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/4/21 Public Health Experts Press Biden on Travel Strategy amid Virus Surge in India: COVID-19 Transportation Update 5/3/21 Federal Mask Mandate for Travel Extended to September: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/30/21 Matt Daus Moderates RHI Virtual Summit Session: The Future of Mobility: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/29/21 Senators Discussing Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/28/21 Private School Bus and Motorcoach Industries Ask for Additional Relief from Congress: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/28/21 April 2021 Monthly Column {11919509:1}2Assessing Post-Pandemic Options for Your Transportation Company: Should I Borrow, Buy, Sell, Merge, File or Retire? 4/27/21 U.S. States and Cities Await Guidelines on Spending Stimulus: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/26/21 Pivotal U.S. Senate Democrat Wants “More Targeted” Infrastructure Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/23/21 Senate Republicans Unveil $568 Billion Infrastructure Counterproposal: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/22/21 Senate Bill Would Make Gig Workers Permanently Eligible for Unemployment: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/21/21 Congressional Democrats Push Funding to Electrify School Buses: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/20/21 Employers Considering Returning To The Office As More Workers Get Vaccinated: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/19/21 Deep Divisions Over Transit Threaten Highway Bill Bipartisanship: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/16/21 USDOT Makes $1 Billion Available for Newly Branded RAISE Grants: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/15/21 Treasury Creates New Office to Oversee COVID-19 Relief Programs: COVID-19 Transportation Update 4/14/21 Biden and Congressional Republicans Still Apart on Infrastructure Deal: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/13/21 Public Transit Gets Fiscal Shot from the American Rescue Plan: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/12/21 Matt Daus Hosts Transportation Chat with NYC Mayoral Hopeful Andrew Yang: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/9/21 SBA Increases Loan Limits for COVID-19 EIDL Program: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/8/21 Biden Open to Negotiating on Corporate Tax Hike to Pay for Infrastructure Plan: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/7/21 President Biden Signals Willingness to Negotiate on Infrastructure Plan: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/6/21 COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Are Coming Soon: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/5/21 NYC Airport Access Fee Started Today!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 4/1/21 Biden Promises ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Investment: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/31/21 USDOT Readies To Release $30.5 Billion To Transit Agencies: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/30/21 NYC Congestion Pricing Can Move Forward After Feds Give Nod: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/29/21 NYNJ Port Authority to Charge All For-Hire Vehicles for Airport Access: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/26/21 U.S. Senate Votes to Extend Paycheck Protection Program: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/25/21 Coronavirus Updates for NYC Schools: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/24/21 Biden Administration Now Focuses on $3 Trillion Transportation, Infrastructure Plan: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/23/21 U.S. Reps Call on Treasury Secretary Yellen to Act Quickly in Providing CERTS Funds: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/22/21 March 2021 Monthly Column A Legal Roadmap for Vaccinating Ground Transportation Drivers– Should My Company Mandate & Promote Driver Vaccines? 3/19/21 Can Shared Mobility Survive the Pandemic? COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/18/21 Warren, AOC Push $500 Billion Bill for Mass Transit: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/17/21 Senators Debate What Cutting Carbon Emissions Means for Transportation Industry: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/16/21 Daus Going to California: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/15/21 Emerging Technologies in Public Transit: Legal Issues and Post-Pandemic Future: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/12/21 PRO Act, Called ‘Most Important Labor Legislation in Several Generations,’ Passes House: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/11/21 What Happened to the CERTS Act Funding?: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/10/21 House Approves Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Plan: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/9/21 New York City Announces Taxi Medallion Owner-Driver Relief Fund: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/9/21 Last Chance to Register - Free IATR Webinar on Vaccine Safety & Priority Featuring CDC & NIOSH Experts on Wed., March 10, 2021 at 1pm EST / 10am PST. 3/8/21 Congress Poised to Deliver Billions More in Coronavirus Relief: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/5/21 Banks Lobby Congress to Postpone PPP Loan Application Deadline: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/4/21 Senate Gears Up for Marathon Effort in Push for COVID Relief: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/3/21 Workers’ Comp Exclusive Remedy for COVID Transmission: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/2/21 Transportation Funding Breakdown for Biden's $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Package: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 3/1/21 School Bus Mask Mandate Carries Stiff Penalties: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/26/21 House Set to Approve Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package, Send Bill to the Senate: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/25/21 COVID-19 Relief Could Leave Bus Companies Behind: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/24/21 Should I Buy or Sell My Transportation Company, or File for Bankruptcy?: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/23/21 U.S. Senators Seek Quick Implementation of CERTS Act Funding for Bus and Motorcoach Companies: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/22/21 No Tourism Travel Recovery Until 2024?!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/19/21 FMCSA Extends COVID-19 CDL, Med Card Waiver: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/19/21 February 2021 Monthly Column Vaccine Priority for Commercial Bus Drivers 2/18/21 Former NY Governor Paterson & Radio Host John Catsimatidis Celebrate Driver Vaccine Victory!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/17/21 COVID-19 Relief Update – Checks, Unemployment, Vaccine & Government Funding: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/16/21 The Future of MaaS – Daus Collaborates with Florence, Italy School of Regulation: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/12/21 CDC Recommends Five Key Strategies to Reopen Schools: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/11/21 Free Taxi Rides to Vaccination Appointments: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/10/21 Congressional Democrats Set to Back More Than $50 Billion for Transportation Sector: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/9/21 Transport Secretary "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg Considering COVID Test for Domestic Air Travel: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/8/21 Bus Driver Vaccine Priority Needed Now!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/5/21 Senate Approves Budget Resolution to Sideline GOP on Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/4/21 Business Travel Expected to Make Full Recovery by 2025: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/3/21 NYC Prioritizes All TLC Licensed Drivers: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/2/21 Breaking News: Driver Vaccine Victory in New York!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 2/1/21 Federal Mask Requirement for Surface Transportation Providers: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/29/21 Kathryn Garcia is the 7th NYC Mayoral Candidate to Endorse Vaccine Priority for Drivers!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/28/21 NYC Mayor de Blasio Joins Fight for TLC Driver Vaccine Priority!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/27/21 NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer Voices His Support for Vaccine Priority for Drivers: IATR Daily COVID-19 Updates 1/26/21 NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams Supports Push to Vaccinate Drivers Now!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/19/21 January 2021 Monthly Column IATR’sFirst Virtual Conference Recap & 34thAnnual ConferencePreview –Memphis 2021 1/25/21 NYC Mayoral Candidate Shaun Donovan Supports Push to Vaccinate Drivers Now!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/24/21 NYC Mayoral Candidate Ray McGuire Supports Push to Vaccinate Drivers Now!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/21/21 Breaking News: Andrew Yang Supports Push to Vaccinate Drivers Now!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/20/21 Daus Pushes for Vaccine Priority for Drivers: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/19/21 SBA Reopens the PPP Loan Program to All Lenders: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/15/21 U.S. Labor Department’s Independent Contractor Rule May Not Stand for Long: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/14/21 SBA is Re-Opening Paycheck Protection Program: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/13/21 NY Excludes Taxi & For Hire Drivers from Vaccine Priority (But Public Transit Gets Shots): COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/12/21 PPP Loan Application Forms Released: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/11/21 The SBA and Treasury Announce PPP Re-Opening; Issue New Guidance: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/8/21 The SBA and Treasury Announce PPP Re-Opening; Issue New Guidance: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/7/21 U.S. Dept. of Labor Finalizes Regulation on Independent Contractor Classification: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/6/21 Airlines Urge White House to Require Testing for Travelers Instead of Travel Bans 1/5/21 SBA 7(a) Loans and 504 Microloans Are Now Partially Forgivable in New Relief Law COVID- 19 Transportation Update 1/4/21 SBA Extends COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Application Deadline to December 31, 2021: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/31/20 Push for Bigger Checks Stalls in Senate, but $600 Payments are Being Sent Now: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/29/20 Fate of Trump's $2,000 Checks Now Rests with GOP-Led Senate: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/28/20 Three Big Ways Transportation Businesses Would Benefit From the New COVID-19 Relief Package: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/23/20 Breaking News Update - Stimulus Legislation in Limbo; Trump Vetoes Defense Spending Law: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/22/20 Where Transit Stands with COVID-19 Relief Bill and FY21 Omnibus Legislation: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/21/20 Here is What is in the New Stimulus Package: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/19/20 December 2020 Monthly Column Taxi & For-Hire Business Opportunities with Government & Public Transit Agencies in 2021 and Beyond 12/18/20 Congress Rushes to Reach Deal on $900 Billion in COVID Relief and Avoid Government Shutdown: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/17/20 Lawmakers Close to Stimulus Deal: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/16/20 Congressional Deal Close on Liability Protections for Transport Businesses + Transit Bailouts: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/15/20 Pete Buttigieg Nominated US Transportation Secretary: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/14/20 Limo Drivers To Get Rapid COVID Tests Upon Passenger Request: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/11/20 Pfizer Vaccine Endorsed – So When Will Transport Workers/Drivers Receive It?: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/10/20 Congress Sets December 18 Deadline to Wrap Up COVID-19 Relief Measure: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/9/20 You May Still Get a December Stimulus Check. Here is Why – and From Whom: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/8/20 Congress Aims to Create a Deal For Spending and COVID-19 Relief: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/7/20 $908 Billion COVID Stimulus May Include More PPP $$$: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/4/20 Is A Stimulus Deal Really Happening? – Congress Trying to Avoid Gov’t Shutdown on Dec. 11th!: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/3/20 Democrats Propose $900 Billion COVID Stimulus Plan: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/2/20 CDC Recommends Vaccine Priority for Transportation Workers (Phase 1B): COVID- 19 Transportation Update 12/1/20 Congress Returns to Face Funding Deadline, Pressure on Coronavirus Aid 11/30/20 IATR President Matt Daus to Participate in UITP’s Taxi and Ride-Hailing Digital Conference 11/30/20 Matt Daus Speaking on EU Ride-Hail Regulation & EVs in the USA: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/25/20 Hopes for a New Stimulus Package are Revived: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/24/20 Many COVID Relief Programs Are Due to Expire at the End of 2020.: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/23/20 Matt Daus Addressed School Technology Summit: Setting a New Vision for Pupil Transportation: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/19/20 November 2020 Monthly Column PROPOSITION 22PASSED!SO WHAT’S NEXT FOR NY, CALIFORNIA& THE U.S.? 11/20/20 Trump Team to Yank Emergency Economic Support: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/19/20 IRS: Transportation Business Owners Expecting PPP Loan Forgiveness Can’t Deduct Expenses: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/18/20 NASA Says Air Pollution Down; Dems Stimulate Stalled Stimulus Talks: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/17/20 Free Airport & Prop 22 Webinar Tomorrow - Daus Updates on NY AB5 Legislation: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/16/20 Emerging Technologies in Public Transit – Legal Issues and the Post-Pandemic Future: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/13/20 COVID Infections Surge, While Congress Remains Paralyzed: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/12/20 Biden Says People Need Coronavirus Relief ‘Right Now’: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/11/20 Matt Daus to Discuss AB 5, Prop 22 and the Impact in New York and elsewhere: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/10/20 Matt Daus’ Interview – Corporate Black Car & Limo Service = Tech + Commuter Shuttles: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/9/20 Matt Daus Participates in "What’s the Healthiest Way to Get to the Airport" Teleconference 11/6/20 Status of New COVID-19 Relief Still in Limbo TBD: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/5/20 State and Local Transit Ballot Measures Won in a Landslide on Election Day: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/4/20 Prop 22 Passes in California: TNCs Exempt from AB 5 – But NOT Taxis or Limousines: COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/3/20 Transportation Issues on the Ballot for Voting Today!-COVID- 19 Transportation Update 11/2/20 Matt Daus to Speak at AARP on Safe Senior Transportation-COVID- 19 Transportation Update 10/30/20 House Speaker Says COVID-19 Relief Deal Still Elusive-COVID- 19 Transportation Update 10/29/20 Harvard Study: Flying Presents Low Risk of COVID-19 With Multi-Layer Approach - COVID- 19 Transportation Update 10/28/20 S. Senate Adjourns & Hopes for a Pre-Election Stimulus Agreement EvaporateCOVID- 19 Transportation Update 10/27/20 Stimulus Hope on Hold until After Election as Senate Leaves DC-19 Transportation Update 10/26/20 Michigan Law Enacted to Protect Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/23/20 CDC to Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring System COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/22/20 CDC Updates Guidelines for COVID-19 Contacts COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/21/20 Pelosi & Mnuchin Restart Stimulus Talks: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/20/20 Matt Daus Speaking @International Car Rental Show - AB5-Prop 22 & Post-COVID Biz Opportunities: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/19/20 Some States Still Paying Drivers Extra $300 in Unemployment Benefits: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/20/20 October 2020 Monthly Column VEHICLE LEASING & RENTALS IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD 10/16/20 Senate to Propose “Slim” $500 Billion Stimulus Next Week: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/15/20 SBA Plan to Forgive 70% of PPP Loans; IATR Releases Model Pandemic Regulations: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/15/20 IATR Releases COVID-19 Model Regulations - Hearing on October 28, 2020 at 9:30am EST 10/14/20 More Payroll Protection $$$ On the Way Next Week?: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/13/20 Matt Daus to Deliver Keynote Speech on Future of Vehicle Leasing Tomorrow: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/13/20 IATR Announces Micro-Transit Hack-a-Thon Award Winners - Regulator, Academic & Industry Review Panel: October 27th @ 1PM EDT 10/12/20 U.S. Plans to Resume Travel to London Without Quarantines: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/9/20 New PPP Loan Forgiveness Guidelines Issued: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/8/20 Last Chance to Register for the IATR 2020 Virtual Conference Registration & Sponsorship Deadline is Friday, October 9, 2020! 10/8/20 Trump Reverses His Reversal on Stimulus Talks?!?!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/7/20 Trump Now Pushing More PPE + $1200 Stimulus Checks: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/6/20 President Trump halts coronavirus relief talks until after Nov. 3 election: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/5/20 Trump Pushes Stimulus Deal While in Hospital: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/2/20 House Passes $2.2 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 10/1/20 White House Offers New Stimulus Plan: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/30/20 $2 Trillion HEROES Act + More Stimulus Checks: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/29/20 Alert to Transportation Companies – US DOL Proposes New Rules to Determine IC Status: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/29/20 AB5 & Prop 22 - The End of TNCs... Or, A New Beginning? Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm 9/25/20 New Coronavirus Aid Proposal: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/24/20 Matt Daus School Bus Tech Talk Now Available: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/23/20 Last Chance to Register for the Matt Daus Bus Tech Talk at 10:15am EST: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/22/20 CDC Flip Flops Again, Reversing Yesterday’s Reversal of New COVID Health & Safety Guidance: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/21/20 Preview of Model Transportation Regulations for COVID-19 (IATR-UITP): COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/18/20 September 2020 Monthly Column Regulations for Taxi, For-Hire TNC Transportation Providers – Mandates, Resurgences 9/17/20 Trump Trumps Republicans On More Stimulus $$$: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/16/20 House Politically Quarantines Until COVID Stimulus Passage: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/15/20 House Bipartisan Stimulus Plan Coming: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/14/20 Matt Daus to Deliver School Bus COVID Safety Tech Talk (Free Registration): COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/11/20 CDC Removes International Air Travel Restrictions: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/10/20 Matt Daus Addresses the Association for Commuter Transport (another free Webinar): COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/9/20 Republican ‘Skinny’ Stimulus Bill Finalized & Heading for Vote: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/8/20 U.S. Senate Stimulus Bill Helps Airline & Travel Industry: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/4/20 NY Workers’ Comp Board – Clarifies Coverage Available for Drivers Contracting COVID-19: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/3/20 Micromobility Post-COVID Bike Share Ridership Rebound: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/2/20 Alert To Transportation Companies: Payroll Tax Cuts Take Effect Today: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/1/20 Stimulus Deal Getting Closer: Possible New Funding for Transportation & Infrastructure: COVID-19 Transportation Update 9/1/20 IATR Releases 2020 Virtual Conference Program - Registration & Sponsorship Re-Opens for 33rd Annual Conference! 8/31/20 White House Confirms Movement on Stimulus: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/28/20 Democrats Are ‘Not Budging’ on Second Stimulus Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/27/20 White House Chief of Staff Predicts No Relief Bill Until After September: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/26/20 Federal Transit Administration Launches Pandemic Recovery Forum for Transit Industry: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/25/20 CDC Drops 14-Day Self-Quarantine Recommendation: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/24/20 Registration Opens for the IATR’s Virtual Conference to be held October 26-29, 2020!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/21/20 More $1200 Stimulus Checks on the Way?: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/20/20 IATR Releases 2020 Virtual Conference Program - Registration & Sponsorship Re-Opens for 33rd Annual Conference! 8/20/20 The Future of the NYC Taxi Medallion Industry (NYC Taxi News Free Marathon Podcast) 8/19/20 New GOP 'Skinny' COVID Relief Plan Released: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/20/20 August 2020 Monthly Column The Post-Pandemic Future for Electric Vehicles (EVs) 8/18/20 New Smaller GOP Stimulus Package Unveiled: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/17/20 No Stimulus Deal – U.S. Senators Leave D.C.!: -19 Transportation Update 8/14/20 Congress Breaks for Summer – No Stimulus Deal!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/13/20 $400 Federal Unemployment Benefit Slashed To $300 By States: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/12/20 Congressional COVID-19 Relief Package Officially On Hold?: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/11/20 The Future of Electric Vehicles = Trump vs. Biden + Norway: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/10/20 US President's Pandemic Executive Orders Explained: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/7/20 Congressional Stimulus Update – 3 Options: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/7/20 SBA Changes PPP Rules!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/6/20 Last Chance to RSVP for Tomorrow’s EV & Emerging Tech Webinar: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/5/20 Matt Daus Discusses Electric Vehicles Thurs., Aug. 6th @ 11am EDT (Register Now): COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/4/20 Matt Daus on Radio Show Discussing NYC COVID Taxi Crisis: COVID-19 Transportation Update 8/1/20 Daus Addresses Taxi Ridership Decline on Radio Show this Sunday at 8:00am EST: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/31/20 NYC TLC Post-Pandemic Industry Stats Finally Released: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/30/20 Micro-Mobility in NYC – Revel, Lyft, Lime, Councilman Cabrera & TA: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/29/20 Has U.S. Senate Crushed Public Transit Bailout Hopes?: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/28/20 NYC TLC Regulated Industry Leaders Discuss Re-Opening: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/24/20 Stimulus Preview = $Checks + Unemployment + Tax Cuts + Liability Protection + PPP Extension: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/25/20 July 2020 Monthly Column IATR’s 33rd Annual ‘Virtual’ Conference “Resilient Regulation!” October 26th-29th, 2020 7/24/20 U.S. Payroll Tax Cut Off the Table, But $100 Billion in School Aid May Come: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/23/20 US Senate Plans "Handful" of Stimulus Bills: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/22/20 NY MTA Public Transit Free On-Demand Webinar: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/21/20 New Federal Stimulus Money Coming Soon?: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/18/20 NY State Board of Regents School Re-Opening Transportation Guidance: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/17/20 Daus on TV Discussing Pandemic Politics, Robert Moses & Dire Public Transit Future: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/16/20 California PUC Proposes Mandate of CDC Guidance, Safety Plans & Driver Training: COVID-19 Transportation Updates 7/15/20 School Re-Opening Transportation Primer: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/14/20 Tax Day is this Wed., July 15th – PPP Forgiven Loans Not Taxable; EIDL Grants Taxable: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/11/20 COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/10/20 Business Disruption Pandemic Insurance Coverage Primer: COVID-19 Transportation Update - Thurs 7/9/20 Re-Opening NY for Bikes, Taxis, FHVs, Scooters, Mopeds (2 Free Webinars Tomorrow): COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/8/20 Last Chance to Register – NY Re-Opening Webinar: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/7/20 Micro-Mobility in NYC - Free IATR/UTRC Webinar Thurs. July 9th at 3:00 pm (Register Now): COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/3/20 Help for the Bus Industry on the Way! – Federal CERTS Relief Act; NY Re-Opening Bus Panel Webinar; Bus Safety Plan Webinar 7/2/20 Bus COVID-19 Safety Webinar Recording Available Now: COVID-19 Transportation Update 7/1/20 FREE WEBINAR Today: Bus Re-Opening Compliance & Risk Mitigation - July 1, 2020 at 2:00pm EDT. 6/30/20 UTRC/IATR Announces Public Transit Panel Webinar Speakers 6/30/20 Free UTRC-IATR Webinar Series: Re-Opening New York's Transportation Ecosystem (July 8-9) - Register Now (Space Limited) 6/27/20 Travel Tax Credit Stimulus Package On the Way for Transportation Companies? 6/26/20 Free Webinar: Re-Opening NY's Transportation System (Registration Now Open) 5/26/20 June 2020 Monthly Column The Impact of COVID-19 on Transportation Ecosystem: An International Perspective on Mobility Trends 6/25/20 European Union May Ban Travel from U.S 6/24/20 Report Released – “Act of God” Pandemic Provisions in Transportation Contracts 6/23/20 Avoid Lawsuits & Claims - Implement “Return to Work” Safety Plans Now! 6/20/20 Does Your Transportation Company Have a “Return to Work Safety Plan? 6/19/20 EEOC Guidance Prohibits COVID-19 Antibody Testing by Transportation Companies: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/18/20 MTA Reveals NYC Public Transit Re-Opening Plan: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/17/20 US SBA’s EIDL Program Open Again!: COVID-19 Transportation Update 6/16/20 Updated NYC Mobility Data & Trends During Pandemic: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Monday, June 15, 2020. 6/13/20 Canadian Transportation Worker PPE Plan: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Friday, June 12, 2020. 6/12/20 NLA & Global Virus Network Driver & Rider Hygiene Protocol: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Wednesday, June 11, 2020. 6/11/20 Motor Carrier Transportation Worker Safety Legislation: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Wednesday, June 10, 2020. 6/10/20 NIOSH Releases Post-Pandemic Driver Safety Guidelines: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Tuesday, June 9, 2020. 6/9/20 The FED Expands Main Street Loan Program: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Monday, June 8, 2020. 6/6/20 PPP Flexibility Act Becomes Law – Loan Deadline is June 30th: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Friday, June 5, 2020. 6/5/20 U.S. Senate Passes Law Liberalizing & Extending PPP Benefits – Trump to Sign ASAP: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Thursday, June 4, 2020. 6/3/20 Vodcast with NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Wednesday, June 3, 2020. 6/2/20 Breaking News! - FHVs Ordered Off the Road @ 8:00 PM EDT Tonight: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Tuesday, June 2, 2020. 6/1/20 House Passes PPP Loan Forgiveness Bill: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Monday, June 1, 2020. 5/30/20 New CDC School Bus Re-Opening Guidance: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Friday, May 29, 2020. 5/29/20 PPP Loan Forgiveness for Transportation Costs: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Thursday, May 28, 2020. 5/28/20 Post-COVID-19 Mobility Predictions & Trends (Free Webcast): COVID-19 Transportation Update – Wednesday, May 27, 2020 5/27/20 New $100 Million NY State Loan Program for Small Businesses Re-Opening!: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Tuesday, May 26, 2020. 5/26/20 May 2020 Monthly Column What the IATR and Transportation Regulators Are Doing to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic 5/26/20 IATR-PHOTOS 5/23/20 Regulatory Response in Europe, Asia, Australia & Middle East (Free On Demand Webinar): COVID-19 Transportation Update – Friday, May 22, 2020 5/22/20 UPCOMING FREE WEBCAST - City Infrastructure Friday, May 22nd at 2:00pm EDT 5/21/20 Live Webcast - City Transportation Infrastructure - tomorrow at 2:10 pm EDT: COVID-19 Transportation Update – Thursday, May 21, 2020