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.


Business

Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks: 2020 ATRI Ranking Has Familiar Chokepoints

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 19, 2020
Government

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

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 18, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Rep. Sam Graves Highlights Push to Streamline Permitting Process

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 18, 2020
Government, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Federal Policymakers to Draft Self-Driving Vehicles Bill

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 11, 2020
Government, Business

House Approves Union Rights PRO Act; Senate Action Uncertain

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 11, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Fiscal 2021 Budget Proposal Offers Increase for Two FMCSA Programs

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 10, 2020
Government

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

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 10, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Federal Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Repair Bridges

The Bridge Investment Act, a bill meant to provide $20 billion to fix the country’s structurally deficient bridges by establishing a grant program, was unveiled last month by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 7, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

House Lawmakers Agree on Infrastructure Investments, but Lack Funding Proposals

Democrats and Republicans on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the House demonstrated a rare show of bipartisanship Feb. 6 by endorsing stakeholders’ consistent calls for investing in multimodal connectivity.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 6, 2020
Government

President Trump Calls On Congress to Advance Sen. Barrasso’s Highway Bill

A State of the Union address that recounted the administration’s record and outlined a vision for achieving policies on immigration and healthcare was also a forum for President Donald Trump to briefly tell Congress to consider a highway policy bill not yet ready for prime time.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 4, 2020