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.
March 19, 2015 - Last week, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association made an interesting proposal to make a...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ETW20150318artba1.png4681050Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2015-09-09 15:07:042023-06-28 07:11:39Road Builders Propose Political “Offset” For 15 Cent Gas Tax Increase
March 11, 2015 - The tax estimating body used by Congress has determined that the President’s proposed funding offset for...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ETW20150311JCT.png2531050Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2015-09-09 14:48:552023-06-28 07:11:40Congressional Estimating Body Says White House Tax Plan Not Enough To Pay For GROW AMERICA
March 11, 2015 - The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its updated baseline projections for federal spending and revenue earlier...
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After years of inaction, short-term bailouts, and extensions, transportation policy has finally begun to move in a different direction. The...
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February 19, 2015 - At a matched pair of hearings on February 11, members of the House and Senate Appropriations...
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February 11, 2015 - Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-CA) and 24 Democratic cosponsors last week introduced legislation to increase federal gasoline...
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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,...