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.
The following is an overview of the final compromise FAA reauthorization bill released in the wee hours of September 22, broken down...
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 (3:45 a.m.) - Just before 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, the House Majority Leader’s office posted...
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September 21, 2018 - Hopes that another four-bill package of appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2019, including the Transportation-HUD appropriations...
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September 21, 2018 - Forty years ago today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted decisively against putting the Highway Trust...
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The Highway Trust Fund ran out of money 10 years ago this month, but this month is also the 40th...
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This PDF is a series of documents relating to a proposed amendment in the House Ways and Means Committee to...
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September 13, 2018 - The House of Representatives has approved the text of a "pre-conferenced" water resources bill negotiated by...
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September 13, 2018 - The House and Senate have passed the final conference report version of the first three-bill "minibus"...
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September 4, 2018 - As Eno continues its examination of transportation at the ballot boxduring the 2018 midterm elections, we...
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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,...