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.
October 18, 2023 - The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Highways and Transit met to discuss the solvency...
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October 20, 2023 - Here are three questions that Congress should ask when trying to decide how to fix the...
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“Based on the numbers, there will need to be an alternative or states will have to become comfortable with having...
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October 6, 2023 - This week, the Federal Highway Administration started the New Year by giving $61 billion in highway...
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October 6, 2023 - The Federal Highway Administration last week opened applications for almost $5 billion in funding for large...
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September 29, 2023 - Last Friday, the Department of Transportation released its updated shutdown plan that details which activities will,...
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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,...