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.
December 1, 2017 With appropriations for the federal government set to expire at midnight on on December 8, the House...
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December 1, 2017 - As of press time (5:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon), official Washington was still waiting for the...
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December 1, 2017 - The Treasury Department closed the books on fiscal year 2017 this week by releasing the account-level...
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November 21, 2017 - Congressional leaders are trying to negotiate another two-year budget deal by the end of this month...
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November 21, 2017 - After a grueling 24-hour markup session (spread over four days), the Senate Finance Committee on November...
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November 20, 2017 - Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the text of the "chairman's mark" draft version of the...
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November 21, 2017 - On November 17, the White House Office of Management and Budget released the latest Trump Administration...
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November 9, 2017 - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently examined how DOT made funding decisions for its FASTLANE grant program...
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While one-third of the U.S. population (and counting) has grown accustomed to hailing an Uber or a Lyft to get...
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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,...