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.

Senate Budget Calls for $406 Billion in Transportation Spending Cuts

Feb 7, 2025 | Jeff Davis
February 7, 2025 - The Senate Budget Committee's chairman just unveiled a budget blueprint calling for over $400 billion in...

CBO Says Next Bill Needs to Fill $40B/Yr. Highway Trust Fund Deficits

Jan 24, 2025 | Jeff Davis
January 24, 2025 - The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office announced today that it will take another $150 billion in General...

DOT Makes $9 Billion in Funding Announcements in Biden Team’s Waning Days

Jan 17, 2025 | Jeff Davis
January 17, 2025 - President Biden’s team at the U.S. Department of Transportation has been working overtime to get as...

Clyburn Bumps Quigley From Ranking Post on Transportation Appropriations

Jan 16, 2025 | Jeff Davis
January 16, 2025 - Yesterday, both Republicans and Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee named their subcommittee rosters for the...

Estimating Transportation Costs with Confidence: Lessons from the Experts

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Jan 15, 2025 | Philip Plotch
In this timely webinar, four public and private experts will discuss strategies that transportation officials are now using to improve...

Shutdown Averted as Appropriations Extended to March 14

Dec 23, 2024 | Jeff Davis
December 23, 2024 - A government shutdown was averted last Friday night when Congress finally approved another short-term funding extension...

Biennial WRDA Bill Transfers $2B in Unused Highway TIFIA Funding to States

Dec 6, 2024 | Jeff Davis
December 6, 2024 - The final version of the biennial WRDA bill also provides the transfer of around $2 billion...

What Happens When Trump Tries to Bring Back Impoundment?

Dec 6, 2024 | Jeff Davis
December 6, 2024 - What will happen when the second Trump Administration reasserts the impoundment authority over spending that no...

3-Year Update: 70% of DOT’s IIJA Money Obligated, 1/3 Outlaid

Nov 15, 2024 | Jeff Davis
November 15, 2024 - The Department of Transportation has just announced the three-year cumulative funding totals for the 2021 bipartisan...

Decoding the 2024 Election: What it Means for Transportation in America

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Nov 6, 2024 | Karen Price
Transportation policy experts Jeff Davis and Sohail Husain unpack the implications of the 2024 election results on transportation policy, from...

Highway Trust Fund Ran $26.7 Billion User-Pay Deficit in FY 2024

Nov 1, 2024 | Jeff Davis
November 1, 2024 - The federal Highway Trust Fund spent $26.7 billion more in the just-completed fiscal year 2024 than...

Transportation at the Ballot Box- 2024 Edition

Nov 1, 2024 | Sohail Husain
November 1, 2024 - Eno is tracking more than 120 transportation related ballot measures across the country that will receive...

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