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.
June 2, 2023 - The just-passed debt ceiling bill brings back legally binding annual caps on discretionary appropriations for fiscal...
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Jeff Davis, senior fellow and editor at the Eno Center for Transportation, said in an email that “the Transportation-HUD bill...
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May 26, 2023 - A battle is brewing across the Hudson River and in the halls of Congress between New...
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May 26, 2023 - White House and Congressional negotiators are rumored to be close to a deal to increase the...
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May 26, 2023 - There really aren’t any cons on congestion pricing, yes, it will be an adjustment for people,...
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May 19, 2023 - The House Appropriations Committee started the fiscal 2024 appropriations process this week, marking up bills in...
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May 12, 2023 - President Biden sat down with Congressional leaders on May 9 to discuss the pending need to...
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April 26, 2023 - CBO informally notified the Appropriations Committees last week of their final estimate of offsetting fee collections...
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April 21, 2023 - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) this week introduced the text of legislation to increase the statutory...
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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,...