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.

Proposed Changes to NEVI’s Buy America Requirements Present Challenges to States and EV Industry

Mar 6, 2026 | Grace Truslow
March 6, 2026 - A proposed increase of domestically produced content requirements for NEVI-funded electric vehicle chargers has raised concerns...

Attempt to Terminate NYC Congestion Pricing was Arbitrary, Capricious, and Illegal

Mar 6, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins
March 6, 2026 - A federal court in NY ruled that the Trump Administration’s attempts to nullify New York City’s...

Safe Streets for All Allocations Heading into Reauthorization

Feb 27, 2026 | Grace Truslow
February 27, 2026 - As Safe Streets for All heads into its final funding round ahead of surface transportation reauthorization,...

Details of New CBO Baseline for Highway Trust Fund

Feb 20, 2026 | Jeff Davis
February 20, 2026 - A detailed look at CBO’s Highway Trust Fund baseline shows how flat-lined contract authority, rising outlays,...

DOT Requests Applications for $1.5B in BUILD Grants

Dec 19, 2025 | Jeff Davis
December 19, 2025 - USDOT announced that applications for the final $1.5 billion in IIJA-funded BUILD grants are due February...

Transportation at a Crossroad: User Fees, Emerging Technology, and the Value of Transportation

Aug 27, 2025 | Dr. Patricia Hendren, Ph.D.
August 27, 2025 - With gas tax revenues in steep decline, America stands at a crossroads in how we fund...

As Travel Changes So Must Transportation Governance

Aug 27, 2025 | Dr. Steven Polzin, Ph.D.
August 27, 2025 - As travel patterns, technologies, and societal priorities evolve, U.S. transportation governance, safety enforcement, funding mechanisms, and...

Transurban’s Express Lanes Deliver Transit Choices

Aug 27, 2025 | Beau Memory
August 27, 2025 - Managed lanes delivered through public-private partnerships provide faster, more reliable travel for carpools and transit, reinvest...

Reducing HTF Transaction Costs

Aug 27, 2025 | DJ Gribbin
August 27, 2025 - Federal highway funding overlooks three truths – it’s not additive, it raises costs and delays, and...

House Passes $3.4T Budget Reconciliation Bill, POTUS to Sign Tomorrow

Jul 3, 2025 | Jeff Davis
July 3, 2025 - The U.S. House of Representatives has agreed to the Senate-passed version of H.R. 1, the budget...

Senate to Vote All Day Today on Budget Reconciliation Amendments

Jun 30, 2025 | Jeff Davis
June 30, 2025 - The U.S. Senate spent the entire weekend debating the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) and will...

Senate May Start Reconciliation Bill Debate Over the Weekend

Jun 27, 2025 | Jeff Davis
June 27, 2025 - Senate Republican leaders are still trying to determine what will be in a multi-trillion-dollar budget bill...

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