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New FHWA Analysis Shows Devolution “TEA” Bill Requires $50 Billion in Additional Trust Fund Bailout Money

September 8, 2015/

Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Interstate Highway System, Public transit, State Governance, Streets, Traffic Safety, Trucking

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By Jeff Davis

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Transit Gets 28% Higher Growth Rate Than Highways Under DRIVE Act

August 17, 2015/

Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Public transit

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By Jeff Davis

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Fall Outlook: Many Miles To Go Before Highway Trust Fund Reauthorization Bill Is Completed

August 12, 2015/

Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Highway Trust Fund, Highways

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By Jeff Davis

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July 30, 2015 9:52 a.m. – House and Senate Almost Over DRIVE

July 30, 2015/

Amtrak, Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Positive Train Control, Public transit, Rail Safety, Railroads, Traffic Safety

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By Jeff Davis

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FY19 HTF Shutdown Fits In Well With Tradition of HTF Bill “Triggers”

July 22, 2015/

Emissions, Environment, Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Interstate Highway System, Trucking

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By Jeff Davis

July 22, 2015 – Section 80003 of the Senate DRIVE Act now provides for a clean and complete shutoff of all new HTF obligations (except for administrative overhead, safety activities, and items exempt from obligation limitation) that is predicted to take effect on October 1, 2018. The idea is that this will force Congress to provide a huge tranche of new money for the HTF halfway through the bill while continuing to fund the policies and promises made by the bill.
Such “trigger” or “re-opener” provisions are not new to surface transportation legislations. Let’s take a walk down memory lane over the last 25 years…

Volatile Revenues For Transportation Trust Funds: A Cautionary Tale

April 10, 2015/

Federal Funding, Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Public transit

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By Jeff Davis

April 2, 2015 – The failure of the oil windfall profits tax of 1980 shows how dangerous it can be to tie federal trust fund receipt levels to volatile commodity prices.

Congressional Leadership & Committee Elections Begin

November 21, 2014/

Federal Governance, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Public transit

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By Jeff Davis

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The Highway Trust Fund Under TEA21, SAFETEA-LU and MAP-21

November 20, 2014/

Federal Governance, Fuel tax, Highway Trust Fund, Highways, Public transit

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By Jeff Davis

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President Nominates NHTSA, STB Heads

November 20, 2014/

Federal Governance, Highways, Public transit, Traffic Safety, Trucking

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By Jeff Davis

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Backlash Against President’s Immigration Actions Threatens to Blow Up FY15 Omnibus

November 20, 2014/

Appropriations, Federal Governance

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By Jeff Davis

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