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.

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Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections. He curates the “Road to NTDC” series and co-hosts a weekly segment on SiriusXM (ch. 146). In 2023, he co-authored “From Roadeo to TDC: A history of the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships (First Edition)” published by American Trucking Associations.

He has participated on panels hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors, the National Press Club, the Road Gang, the Transportation Research Board, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the Western States Trucking Association.

Previously, he was a reporting fellow at HuffPost and a transportation policy reporter at E&E News. His newsroom experience also includes CQ Roll Call and National Journal. A two-time Scripps Howard fellow, Eugene has contributed for The New York Times, USA Today and The Almanac of American Politics.

He earned degrees from Seton Hall University and Columbia University.

"I aim for a sincere reporting of policy and politics, a fair spotlight of the unique and peculiar, and a complete study of personalities and trends."
—Eugene Mulero

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Government, Business

Key House Democrat Aims to Take His Infrastructure Bill Viral

Maryland Democrat Rep. John Delaney unveiled a website June 17 to draw attention to a bill he introduced last year that would create a $50 billion infrastructure fund.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 20, 2014

Government, Business

Partisan Procedural Objections Halt Action on HOS Amendment

Debate on an amendment to an expansive fiscal 2015 funding bill that would have rolled back a suspension to a rule limiting the time truckers can operate on roadways came to a halt June 19 after the Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate announced they could not agree on how to proceed with the bill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 20, 2014

Government, Business

Sen. Booker Proposes HOS Amendment To Transportation Bill

New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker officially unveiled an amendment to a fiscal 2015 funding bill on June 18 that would undo a provision that would suspend for one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 18, 2014

Government, Business

Senators Propose Raising Federal Motor Fuels Tax to Boost Trust Fund

Two senators on June 18 unveiled a plan aimed at boosting a federal highway account used by states to pay for infrastructure projects that the federal government estimates will run out of money in August.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 18, 2014

Government, Business

Senate to Consider Transportation Bill, HOS Amendment June 19

The Senate will reconvene on June 19 and continue its consideration of an expansive fiscal 2015 funding bill that, among other things, would suspend for a one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 18, 2014

Government, Business

Senate Republicans Urge Finance Committee Chairman To Approve Short-Term Trust Fund Fix

Nearly every Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the panel’s Democratic chairman to approve a short-term legislative fix that would shore up a federal highway account projected to run out of money in August.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 17, 2014

Government, Business

Foxx: Highway Trust Fund Will Run Dry by Late August

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on June 17 said a federal highway account that helps states pay for roadway projects is still projected to run out of money by late August, threatening many large-scale construction projects around the country.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 17, 2014

Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

Graves, ATA Support HOS Suspension In Senate Bill

With the Senate debating truck safety priorities on the floor as early as June 17, leaders of American Trucking Associations said they are confident senators will pass a fiscal 2015 transportation bill that would postpone for a year a new federal rule limiting certain times truckers are allowed on the roads.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 17, 2014

Government, Business

Schumer Calls for Raising Insurance Requirements for Truck Companies

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on June 16 he would push to raise the minimum insurance liability that truck companies are required to hold when the Senate considers a fiscal 2015 transportation funding bill as early as June 17.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 16, 2014

Government, Business

Booker, Menendez Aim to Repeal HOS Suspension

New Jersey’s senators said Monday they will lead a coordinated effort to undo a provision in a fiscal 2015 transportation funding bill that calls for the one-year suspension of last year’s changes to the hours-of-service restart rules.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter

June 16, 2014

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