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.
FHWA publication explaining the Federal-aid highway funding process under the 1976 authorization law.
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September 10, 2015 - New estimates from the U.S. Department of Transportation show that the $8.1 billion bailout of the...
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September 10, 2015 - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has called off a markup of the surface transportation reauthorization...
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Blackburn (TN) amendment making a 1 percent cut in each amount made available by the bill – failed by a...
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Bass (CA) amendment to prohibit funds provided by the bill from being used by FTA to implement, administer or enforce...
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(More amendments, all of which are “limitation” amendments (“no funds in this act may be used for such-and-such”) were offered...
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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,...