department of transportation - Broadband Breakfast

Alan Poole

Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 – Railroad Crossing and the Broadband Right-of-Way

Fiber providers are facing challenges in the right-of-way access across public lanes or private properties

New ‘Dig Once’ Policy from White House, Texas Social Media Law Stayed, Starry Defaults on RDOF

Biden-Harris administration implements new action plan to expedite infrastructure projects, including a new “dig once” policy.

Vermont Looks To Expand Coverage, California Moves On Passive Infrastructure, AT&T Gets DoT Contract, Cisco Buys Sedona

Vermont looks to expand broadband, California looks at passive infrastructure, AT&T gets DoT contract, and Cisco to buy Sedona.

Transportation Department Proposes to ‘Dig Once’, Growing Support for BRIDGE Act, West Virginia Fight Over Cable Speeds

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration recently proposed streamlining broadband deployment in rights-of-way during federal highway construction projects. The proposal would require greater collaboration with states departments of transportation and broadband infrastru

Federal Agencies

Panelists Critique Common Claims Agencies Use to Oppose FCC’s Ligado Decision

June 24, 2020 — The conflict over the Federal Communications Commissions’ Ligado decision, which continues to be disputed by the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation, has exposed a fault line in the spectrum allocation decision-making process. “Why are the agencies behaving thi

Autonomous Vehicles

Broadband Roundup: Tesla Cars Ain’t Driverless, Suspicious Bernie Sanders Facebook Posts, ReConnect Awards

According to a Forbes article by Alan Ohnsman, U.S. safety investigators are calling for greater regulation of Teslas following the release of several investigative reports detailing several Tesla crashes due to the cars faulty autopilot mode. In March 2018 in Mountain View, California, Walter Huang

National Broadband Plan

Sanders, Warren and Buttigieg: Democratic Presidential Candidates With a Broadband Plan

Amy Klobuchar also focused on broadband mapping and rural connectivity; Joe Biden wants grants to expand access for underserved communities WASHINGTON, October 2, 2019 – Lack of access to high-speed broadband remains a fundamental issue for many Americans. Some of the Democratic presidential candida

Autonomous Vehicles

Automated Vehicles May Be Further Away Than They Appear

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2019 – There is still a long way to go before self-driving vehicles can be fully integrated into society, said engineering and policy experts gathered at the Brookings Institution for a day-long conference on Thursday. In the opening keynote address, Kenneth Leonard, director of

Spectrum

On Spectrum Policy, Congress May Step Between the FCC and Commerce Department’s NTIA

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2019 — Differences between the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration have gotten to the point that Congress may need to get more involved in the spectrum allocation process, legislators said Tue

Broadband's Impact

Obama Administration Continues Follow-through on Broadband Infrastructure Executive Order

WASHINGTON, September 18, 2013 – Demonstrating a thoroughness in following through on its broadband policy initiatives, the Obama administration on Monday highlighted the launch of several new broadband tracking tools. These tools including interactive asset maps, a web-based dashboard focusing on a

Broadband Updates

National Broadband Plan: A Look at Chapter 6 and Infrastructure

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2010 – Chapter Six of the National Broadband Plan tackles one of the most basic issues with broadband expansion by focusing on infrastructure. This chapter deals with the physical act of laying cables and erecting antennae.