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.
April 18, 2023 - The Federal Highway Administration recently released its updated index of highway construction costs for the July-September...
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April 14, 2023 - This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $295.7 million in funding for nine competitive selectees...
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April 13, 2023 - The November 1974 decision to provide federal operating subsidies for mass transit was the culmination of...
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March 24, 2023 - The President's new budget request proposes to incur an all-time high level of $13.5 billion in...
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March 17, 2023 - When we ask, "what does the federal government spend on transportation," the answer isn't always just...
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March 10, 2023 - In broad strokes, the White House's fiscal 2024 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation...
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March 10, 2023 - President Biden's proposed 2024 budget outline makes a lot of "big picture" proposals that go completely...
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March 9, 2023 - Today, President Biden started the process of rolling out his fiscal 2024 budget request. But most...
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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,...