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How Has Federal Bridge Policy Changed Since the I-35W Collapse?

December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017 | Jeff Davis

January 15, 2017 - Today was the 50th anniversary of the deadliest highway bridge disaster in U.S. history - the...

White House Promises Infrastructure Bill in January

December 8, 2017

December 8, 2017 | Jeff Davis

December 8, 2017 - The White House this week made it official and promised to release the Trump Administration's "infrastructure...

No Budget = Delayed FY18 Omnibus = Delayed FAST Act Funding Increases and Discretionary Grants

November 9, 2017

November 9, 2017 | Jeff Davis

November 9, 2017 - Conspicuously absent from Congress's pre-Thanksgiving agenda is any kind of final deal amending the Budget Control...

White House Floats Gas Tax Hike As Infrastructure Pay-For Again

October 27, 2017

October 27, 2017 | Jeff Davis

October 27, 2017 - This week, White House economic czar Gary Cohn broached the idea of an increase in federal...

Highway and Transit Funding Needs Reiterated at House Hearing

October 20, 2017

October 20, 2017 | Jeff Davis

October 18, 2017 - Last week, the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a...

Gas Tax Receipts Up, Truck Sales Down, and Aviation/Harbor Trust Funds Built Balances in 2017

October 20, 2017

October 20, 2017 | Jeff Davis

October 20, 2017 - This week, the Treasury Department released the financial totals for federal trust fund accounts for the...

The Highway Trust Fund Under TEA-21, SAFETEA-LU, MAP-21, and the FAST Act

October 18, 2017

October 18, 2017 | Jeff Davis

The following chart shows Highway Trust Fund annual new spending obligation authority granted by Congress (obligation limitations, exempt-from-obligation contract authority, and...

50 Years Ago Today: The First Transportation Appropriations Act

October 17, 2017

October 17, 2017 | Jeff Davis

October 17, 2017 - Fifty years ago today, on October 17, 1967, the House of Representatives passed the conference report...

FHWA Gives States FY18 Highway Funding; Indicates Record High Allocated Withholding

October 6, 2017

October 6, 2017 | Jeff Davis

October 6, 2017 - This week, the Federal Highway Administration formally gave states $41.4 billion in highway contract authority via...

Republican Tax Reform Outline Includes Repatriation, but No Specific Reference to Infrastructure Pay-For

September 29, 2017

September 29, 2017 | Jeff Davis

September 29, 2017 - Earlier this week, the White House, in coordination with House and Senate Republican leaders, released a...

History of Mass Transit Discretionary Grants and How They Have Been Funded

August 9, 2017

August 9, 2017 | Jeff Davis

August 9, 2017 - The history of how Congress has funded the mass transit "new starts" program over the years.

FY18 USDOT Funding Plan Approved by Senate Subcommittee

July 25, 2017

July 25, 2017 | Jeff Davis

July 25, 2017 - 1:30 p.m. Earlier today, the Senate Transportation-Housing Subcommittee approved draft legislation appropriating $19.5 billion for the...