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.

1977 SecDOT Memo to President Carter Transmitting Proposed Highway/Transit Reauthorization

House T&I To Mark Up Highway Bill in Last Week of October as Speakership Election Looms

1998 TEA21 Bill Signing Ceremony (Video)

1967-1968 Johnson Administration Proposals for Airport and Airway Development and Financing

1968 Bureau of the Budget Memo on Airport Proposal Compliance With Credit Guidelines

1968 White House Internal Status Memo on Airport and Airway Plan

1968 (Jun. 7) Boyd Memo to White House Explaining FY 1969 Budget Increase for Airways

1968 (May 22) Memo to LBJ on Sen. Monroney’s Objections to the Airport Bill

1968 (May 8) BoB Airport-Airway Status Update for WH Chief of Staff

1968 (Apr. 8) DOT memos to White House and BoB on Airport and Airway Proposal

1968 (Jan. 8) White House One-Page Summary of Airport and Airway Spending Proposal
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,...
Eno’s Transit Cost & Project Delivery Research

Eno is undertaking a research, policy, and communications project to analyze current and historical trends in transit project delivery
