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.
December 4, 2014 - Yesterday, the House quietly passed a bill that increases the federal user charge on inland waterways...
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December 2, 2014 - As Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess to face what is supposed to be the last...
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BY DAVID BAXTER Director, Institute for Public Private Partnerships SETH W. MILLER GABRIEL P3 Advisor, Institute for Public Private Partnerships “Why do...
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November 20, 2014 - The following chart shows Highway Trust Fund annual new spending obligation authority granted by Congress (obligation...
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November 20, 2014 - The unilateral immigration regularization actions to be announced by President Obama tonight are making it more...
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November 10, 2014 - Congress returns this week for a post-election “lame duck” session of Congress in which party leaders...
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November 10, 2014 - Data underlying a recent GAO study reveals that in FY 2013, of the $41 billion in...
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November 10, 2014 - President Obama, Speaker Boehner, and Majority Leader McConnell have recently made public statements in favor of...
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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,...