Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable’s Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous and connected vehicles, smart infrastructure,...more
Amidst the flurry of tariff threats swirling around the world, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is terminating the waiver known as the Manufactured Products General Waiver from the Buy America requirements found in...more
Our expectations for a new regulatory policy from the Trump Administration are quickly taking shape. The White House wasted no time kicking off changes to our regulatory environment and compliance enforcement posture....more
On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a new final rule to end its longstanding waiver of Buy America requirements for “manufactured products” used in Federal-aid highway projects....more
The U.S. DOJ, as counsel for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit seeking voluntary dismissal of its appeal of a lower court decision invalidating a...more
Sean Duffy was sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) on January 29, 2025, and immediately issued directives that will impact the operations of the Department and its...more
On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule terminating a long-standing exception to “Buy America” domestic content requirements for manufactured products used in agency-funded...more
WHAT: On January 14, 2025, less than a week before President Biden left office, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a final rule updating its Buy America rules to rescind...more
On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the end of its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products. The new FHWA rule aligns the FHWA requirements for manufactured...more
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule discontinuing its longstanding Buy America waiver for manufactured products used in...more
Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable's Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous and connected vehicles, smart infrastructure,...more
In late September, a federal judge entered a preliminary injunction to partially blog the United States Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program. A copy of my blog on that decision can...more
This announcement comes after a long planning and approval process that began back in November 2021, when the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was signed, designating $7.5 billion to buildout a national network of electric...more
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's ("FHWA") new rule establishing a performance-based method for measuring greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions that are associated with transportation on the National Highway System was...more
Co-Author Tye Boudra-Bland The United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division (“Court”) addressed in a May 14th Opinion on an issue regarding the doctrine of sovereign immunity in three consolidated cases involving...more
On April 9, 2024, The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced numerous revisions to its in-place rules for administering its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program. The new rule follows a Notice of Proposed...more
Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable's Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous vehicles, smart infrastructure, emerging...more
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which would end the long-standing general waiver of Buy America requirements for...more
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's ("FHWA") new rule establishing a performance-based method for measuring greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions that are associated with transportation on the National Highway System ("NHS")...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on March 7, 2024, announced a proposed rule that would discontinue its longstanding Buy America waiver for manufactured products used in FHWA-funded...more
Congressman Adam Schiff (California) introduced into the House of Representatives on February 20th legislation denominated the Renewable Roadsides Act (“Act”)....more
Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable's Autonomous and Connected Mobility team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous vehicles, smart infrastructure, emerging...more
Congress — Big Agenda & Little Time - With the holidays behind us, Congress returned this week for the second half of the 118th Congress with a long list of items to address and, as the 2024 campaign season ramps up, limited...more
A group of 21 Republican AGs filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule promulgated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that requires all states with National Highway...more