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.
Nossaman transportation policy expert Edward Kussy and rail veteran Kevin Sheys assess the relative merits of the federal transportation funding...
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Internal White House summary of a proposed "New Federalism" initiative for President Reagan, dated January 1982, which would have turned...
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How many politicians does it take to make people pay attention to our infrastructure problem?
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April 2, 2015 - The failure of the oil windfall profits tax of 1980 shows how dangerous it can be...
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March 30, 2015 - Today, the Obama Administration transmitted the 2015 version of its GROW AMERICA surface transportation reauthorization act...
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BY RICK RYBECK* Just Economics, LLC On November 23rd, “60 Minutes” broadcast an episode about crumbling infrastructure in the United...
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Transportation projects can develop a bad reputation. When people hear “Bridge to Nowhere” or “Big Dig” for most people their...
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A memo to President Kennedy from his senior advisor Ted Sorensen written on March 16, 1962, as the Administration was...
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In October 1972, House and Senate negotiations over the biannual highway bill were breaking down over the issue of whether...
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March 9, 2015 - The tax estimating body used by Congress has determined that the President’s proposed funding offset for...
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BY MARLA WESTERVELT Policy Analyst In recent years the American public has been inundated with crumbling infrastructure headlines and predictions...
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BY MARLA WESTERVELT Policy Analyst Falling gasoline prices have Americans talking - prices that were hovering around $3.50 per gallon...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Carter Templetonhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngCarter Templeton2015-02-19 17:27:152023-04-17 07:12:52The Highway Trust Fund: What is it Good For? A response to surface transportation devolutionists
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,...