Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

@eugenemulero

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


Government, Business

Rep. Jeff Denham: ‘Get Creative on Multiple Solutions’ to Fund Highway Bill

WASHINGTON — A multiyear highway bill would need to include outside-the-box funding proposals for a broad coalition in Congress to support it this year, Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), a top transportation authorizer in the House, said Feb. 24.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 24, 2015
Government

Foxx Ends Bus Tour by Asking People to Send Congress ‘Picture of a Pothole’

WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrapped up a weeklong bus tour of the southeast Feb. 20 by telling about 100 supporters at Union Station to urge Congress to approve a highway bill before funding for infrastructure projects expires in May.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 20, 2015
Government

DOT Announces $232.5 Million to States for Bridge, Road Repairs

Twenty-six states and Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, will receive $232.5 million in emergency funding to repair highway infrastructure damaged by recent weather events, the Department of Transportation announced Feb. 18.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 19, 2015
Government, Business

Anthony Foxx to Tout Infrastructure at D.C.’s Union Station

On Feb. 20, the secretary is scheduled to wrap up his weeklong regional tour where he will promote infrastructure spending at an event in Union Station in Washington, D.C. 

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 19, 2015
Government

DOT’s Anthony Foxx to Take Bus Tour Touting Infrastructure

WASHINGTON — The nation’s top transportation officer will hop on a bus Feb. 17 for a tour of five states to tell residents about the need to upgrade aging infrastructure around the country.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 12, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

'New and Improved’ Grow America Act Coming Soon, Foxx Says

An Obama administration six-year, $478 billion legislative proposal that would boost capacity along roadways to reduce freight bottlenecks will be unveiled in the coming weeks, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told House transportation lawmakers on Feb. 11.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 11, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

Watch: DOT Chief Anthony Foxx Testifies at House T&I Committee

Less than two weeks after the Obama administration unveiled a six-year, $478 billion transportation proposal, DOT chief Anthony Foxx appeared before the GOP-led House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee at 10 a.m. EST today.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 11, 2015
Government, Business

Undoing HOS Restart Suspension Still on Sen. Richard Blumenthal's Radar

WASHINGTON — A leading critic of last year’s push to suspend changes to an hours-of-service rule said he is actively looking at ways to restore the rule.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 10, 2015
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Fund Infrastructure Through Tax Reform

WASHINGTON — Revenue that would come from an overhaul of the country’s tax system should go toward rehabilitating the country’s aging infrastructure, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said at a high-profile chat at the Brookings Institution on Feb. 9.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 9, 2015
Government, Business

Treasury Chief to Senate Panel: Use Private Capital in Infrastructure

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Feb. 5 said he hoped Congress and the Obama administration would agree on proposals to expand private investments to pay for major infrastructure projects around the country.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 5, 2015