As Christmas Looms, the Shipping Wars Accelerate December 21, 2023 | Robert Puentes All this requires more space, shipping materials and the use of fossil fuels, says Robert Puentes at the Eno Center...
High-speed Rail — Environmentally Friendly and Popular Worldwide — has a Hard Time in the U.S. December 8, 2023 | Robert Puentes “It’s mostly owned by the freight rail companies, who have their own businesses to run and their own freight to...
Biden Administration Pledges $6 billion to a Pair of High-Speed Electric Rail Routes in the US West December 6, 2023 | Robert Puentes The "sweet spot," said Robert Puentes, the president and CEO of Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank in...
Why Doesn’t the US Have More Passenger Trains? November 25, 2023 | Robert Puentes A realistic goal would be to build out rail systems that link major metropolitan areas with economic connections, emulating Amtrak’s...
Public Transit Systems Try to Avoid a 'death spiral' as Remote Work Hurts Ridership November 15, 2023 | Robert Puentes "We've seen that the normal workweek has changed fundamentally," said Robert Puentes, president of the non-profit Eno Center for Transportation in Washington,...
Navigating the Fiscal Crisis in Public Transit November 13, 2023 | Philip Plotch New York has by far the biggest transit system with the highest ridership in the U.S., and its leaders are...
Bill Would Add Electric Vehicle Fees to Boost Highway Trust Fund November 2, 2023 | Jeff Davis In the past 15 years, Congress has conducted 10 transfers from the general fund to the HTF, totaling nearly $272...
House Transportation Lawmakers Spotlight Highway Trust Fund October 25, 2023 | Jeff Davis At the hearing with House lawmakers Oct. 18, Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, suggested the...
House Panel Spotlights Highway Trust Fund's Looming Woes October 19, 2023 | Jeff Davis Jeff Davis, a senior fellow with the Eno Center for Transportation, told the subcommittee, "States are taking the lead and...
12% New-Truck Tax Panned at Highway Funding Hearing October 18, 2023 | Jeff Davis Of the $1.4 trillion of tax receipts pumped into the Highway Trust Fund since its inception in 1956, about 8%...
Washington’s Long Road to Replacing the Gas Tax October 11, 2023 | Garett Shrode “Based on the numbers, there will need to be an alternative or states will have to become comfortable with having...
Silicon Valley Subway Cost Poised to Surge to $12.2 Billion October 4, 2023 | Jeff Davis And transit agencies are competing for a limited amount of federal funds, said Jeff Davis, an analyst with the Eno...
