Federal, state, and local governments all play a significant role in funding $300 billion in annual transportation spending. The federal government supplies important capital funding for highways, transit systems, airports, waterways, and ports while also operating the nation’s air traffic control system. State and local governments have an equally important task to invest in and operate their transportation networks and rely on a broad range of revenue sources, from general revenues and debt, to fuel taxes, fees, and tolls.
January 2, 2025 - On December 26, the Federal Highway Administration released its quarterly update of highway construction costs, showing...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-rolls-9-scaled.jpg17062560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2025-01-02 14:39:352025-01-03 13:49:30Highway Construction Costs Dropped Slightly in Spring 2024
December 23, 2024 - A government shutdown was averted last Friday night when Congress finally approved another short-term funding extension...
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October 18, 2024 - Aidan Mackenzie's "If We Can Do It in Baltimore" quotes Eno Center for Transportation's Philip Mark...
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December 6, 2024 - The final version of the biennial WRDA bill also provides the transfer of around $2 billion...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/inland-waterways-water-ohio-river-dam.jpg14132121Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2024-12-06 13:45:112024-12-06 13:45:11Biennial WRDA Bill Transfers $2B in Unused Highway TIFIA Funding to States
December 6, 2024 - What will happen when the second Trump Administration reasserts the impoundment authority over spending that no...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-2173148_1280-e1495718384908-14.jpg500750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2024-12-06 13:41:492024-12-12 12:57:25What Happens When Trump Tries to Bring Back Impoundment?
When Franklin Roosevelt became President in 1933, the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression, with a...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FDR-Header-Image.png2501048gcudabackcoxhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pnggcudabackcox2024-11-22 13:52:182024-12-13 13:52:09Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945): We Continue to Benefit from His Transportation Legacy
Transportation policy experts Jeff Davis and Sohail Husain unpack the implications of the 2024 election results on transportation policy, from...
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Nov 6, 2024 | Kirbie Ferrell, Sohail Husain, Jeff Davis
The Europeans settled the United States via waterborne transportation. Settlements, and then cities, first arose where there were natural seaports....
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iStock-584791038.jpg14172116Christopher McGuirehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngChristopher McGuire2024-11-06 00:01:412024-11-06 16:48:29Benefits and Beneficiaries of the Nation’s Inland Waterways
November 1, 2024 - The federal Highway Trust Fund spent $26.7 billion more in the just-completed fiscal year 2024 than...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-1-14-scaled.jpg16002560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2024-11-01 14:48:542024-11-08 12:47:26Highway Trust Fund Ran $26.7 Billion User-Pay Deficit in FY 2024
November 1, 2024 - Next week, Nashville voters will decide whether to increase local sales taxes by a half-point and...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iStock-584791038.jpg14172116Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2024-11-01 14:34:152024-11-01 14:49:55Nashville Is Choosing How It Moves on Election Day
Refreshing the Status Quo: Federal Highway Programs and Funding Distribution
This year, the federal government gave $45.6 billion in highway “formula” funding to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The state-by-state distribution of this money was based almost entirely on how the states fared on a variety of real-world metrics back in calendar year 2007,...