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.
August 31, 2023 - Today, the Federal Highway Administration distributed $7.915 billion in extra highway funding to states, on the...
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August 18, 2023 - At a recent meeting in Indianapolis, state legislators from around the country exchanged ideas and status...
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August 4, 2023 - For decades (starting in the 1980s), a group of states, mostly from the Sun Belt, habitually...
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August 4, 2023 - Starting in the early 2000’s, interest in VMT fees in the United States has grown significantly...
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July 28, 2023 - Congress has left town for the August recess without demonstrating that House Republicans have the votes...
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July 28, 2023 - We have updated our cumulative statistics on TIGER-BUILD-RAISE grants from their origin in 2009 to the...
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"'Politically what makes sense is money that is being paid by these New Jersey residents should go to improve transit...
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July 21, 2023 - Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a Transportation-HUD appropriations bill for fiscal 2024 that restores...
July 14, 2023 - Next week, both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are scheduled to approve the fiscal 2024...
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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,...