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.
Remembered as a triumph of bipartisanship, the reality of the 1982 gas tax increase was a bit messier.
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506-page PDF compilation of supporting documents for the Reagan Devolution paper, taken largely from the Reagan Presidential Library, showing the...
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The Senate held a three-hour session on Sunday afternoon to advance consideration of the surface transportation reauthorization bill (McConnell amendment 2266 to...
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On May 27, 2015, the Eno Center for Transportation released a groundbreaking report on the 1982 Gas Tax Increase (Passed...
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July 9, 2015 - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) surprised Capitol Hill yesterday by telling reporters that Highway Trust...
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Please see the amendments adopted in the Commerce Committee on June 25, summarized elsewhere in this issue, for changes to...
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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,...
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