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.
An evaluation of the forces behind the U.S. Highway Trust Fund (HTF), including an examination of peer countries and their...
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June 18, 2015 - Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee anxiously await the release of the Inhofe-Boxer...
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April 2, 2015 - Although both chambers of Congress are taking a two-week recess right now, this week marks the...
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June 11, 2015 - The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee announced his panel will hold a long-awaited...
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June 11, 2015 - In a new interview, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that “The vehicle that I think...
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June 4, 2015 - The Senate Appropriations Committee late last month approved a fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill funding the...
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June 4, 2015 - On Friday evening (May 29), President Obama signed into law the second short-term extension of the...
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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,...