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.

How States and Cities Are Adapting to Changing Trump Administration Grant Rules

Jun 27, 2025 | Grace Truslow
June 27, 2025 - How are state and local governments managing to pursue past and present grant opportunities with all...

Links to Text of All Laws Making USDOT Appropriations

Jun 23, 2025 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
Hyperlinks to the text of all public laws making appropriations (regular or supplemental) for the U.S. Department of Transportation since...

National EV Registration Fee Isn’t In Senate Reconciliation Bill

Jun 22, 2025 | Jeff Davis
June 20, 2025 - None of the Senate chairmen in charge of assembling a massive budget reconciliation bill in that...

House Appropriators Hewing Close to Trump Spending Plan, So Far

Jun 13, 2025 | Jeff Davis
June 13, 2025 - The first four FY 2026 appropriations bills are out, and they don't leave much money left...

Senate EPW, Commerce Panels Release Their Versions of Reconciliation Bill Titles

Jun 6, 2025 | Jeff Davis
June 6, 2025 - The two transportation-related committees of the Senate have released their versions of the portions of the...

Trump Releases Partial Budget But Hides “Out-Year” Totals

Jun 6, 2025 | Jeff Davis
June 6, 2025 - This year, for the first time since 1921, the Administration is declining to give Congress a...

TSA Left Out of FY26 Budget Cuts, White House Asks 2% Increase

Jun 6, 2025 | Jeff Davis
June 6, 2025 - The FY 2026 budget request for the TSA shows that it, like DOT, has largely been...

Tax Bill Could Have Profound Impact on HTF Finances – But Congress May Not Tell Us

May 23, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 23, 2026 - Some hidden interactions of the big tax bill could mean more than $100 billion in changes...

GAO Ruling on NEVI Impoundment Could Upend Approvals of All USDOT Formula Grant Programs

May 23, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 23, 2025 - Federal auditors said yesterday that the Trump Administration's holdback of federal EV charging funds is an...

House Passes $2.3 Trillion Tax Cut & Spending Bill – What Next?

May 23, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 25, 2025 - House Republicans managed to pass their $2.3 trillion tax bill by one vote, but the behind-the-scenes...

Potential Stumbling Block to Reauthorization Raised at FHWA Nominee Hearing

May 16, 2025 | Philip Plotch
May 14, 2025 - The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a confirmation hearing for the nomination of...

House Budget Panel Votes Down Reconciliation Bill, Leaders to Regroup Next Week

May 16, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 16, 2025 - The House Budget Committee voted down President Trump's "big, beautiful" budget reconciliation bill today, stalling the...

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