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.

CBO Thinks House EV/Hybrid Fees Would Raise Over $85B for HTF

May 16, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 16, 2025 - The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the $250 per electric vehicle/$100 per hybrid annual registration...

USDOT Distributes $62.6 Billion in FY25 Formula Funding to States and Localities

May 9, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 9, 2025 - In the last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation has provided states with $62.6 billion in...

This Week on America Builds: The Highway Trust Fund

May 2, 2025 | Sohail Husain
May 2, 2025 - On Tuesday, April 29th, the House T&I Subcommittee on Highways and Transit met to discuss potential...

T&I Approves $34B in FAA, Coast Guard Spending, Offset by National EV Fee

May 2, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 2, 2025 - The House Transportation Committee this week approved a national registration fee on electric vehicles, to support...

White House Releases “Skinny” 2026 Budget Request, with DOT Doing Well By Comparison

May 2, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 2, 2025 - This morning, the White House released the shortest of outlines of the Trump Administration's budget request...

Amendments Considered in House T&I Budget Reconciliation Markup

May 2, 2025 | Jeff Davis
May 2, 2025 - Here is a list of all 100 amendments offered in the House T&I budget reconciliation markup.

T&I Chairman Releases National EV Registration Fee Proposal

Apr 29, 2025 | Jeff Davis
April 29, 2025 - The chairman of the House T&I Committee has released his draft of the budget bill that...

Accidental Filing Airs Concerns on Congestion Pricing Litigation

Apr 25, 2025 | Rebecca Higgins
April 25, 2025 - The DOJ’s accidental filing of an internal memo explains in detail why the judge’s decision on...

State, Local Governments Still Waiting on Full-Year FY25 Formula Funding

Apr 25, 2025 | Jeff Davis
April 25, 2025 - We're still waiting for DOT to give state and local governments the remaining $38.5 billion in...

Has New York’s Congestion Pricing Reduced Congestion?

Apr 25, 2025 | Philip Plotch
April 25, 2025 - Early data from New York’s congestion pricing program show a significant drop in vehicle traffic and...

Final House Budget Vote for FY25 Sets State for April-May Committee Votes on Spending, Taxes

Apr 11, 2025 | Jeff Davis
April 11, 2025 - After weeks of uncertainty, the House of Representatives this week agreed to the Senate-passed budget blueprint...

Timeframe for Court Showdown on NYC Congestion Pricing Becomes Clear

Apr 11, 2025 | Rebecca Higgins
April 11, 2025 - In a pretrial hearing this week, a federal judge set a timeline for the court case...

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