There are over 4 million miles of roads in the United States moving cars, trucks, transit, and non-motorized vehicles across a seamless, integrated network. About three-quarters of the roads are owned by localities but the vast majority of travel occurs on major state roads and the federally-designated Interstate System. Today, this complex system is under strain as demands for upgrades and repair, safety improvements, and modernization mount.
The Challenge of National Freight Policy: How to Pay For It?
Jan 24, 2014
2014 could be the year that a national freight policy begins to take focus in a new authorization bill. There...2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2013 | Jeff Davis
2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index January 2013 January 16, 2013 issue January 21, 2013 update January 25, 2013...Labor Day on the Roads, Thanksgiving in the Skies
Dec 26, 2013 | Carter Templeton
BY ROGER DOW President and CEO, U.S. Travel Association Last weekend millions of Americans struggled to get where they wanted...Tolling and Transit: An Emerging Nexus
Nov 26, 2013 | Carter Templeton
BY EDWARD J. REGAN Senior Vice President, CDM Smith MICHAEL TOWNES VICE PRESIDENT, TRANSIT SERVICES LEADER, CDM SMITH Neither transit...A Wholesale Tax on Gasoline: What are the Policy Implications?
Oct 26, 2013
Senator Barbara Boxer made headlines, at least in the small transportation world, when she said that she was leaning towards...Virginia: Birthplace of Precedents
Jul 26, 2013 | Carter Templeton
ERIC PETERSON Transportation Policy Consultant, Eno Board of Advisors In January 2013, it was hard to imagine how the ambition...Three Pragmatic Initiatives for the Incoming Secretary of Transportation
Jun 26, 2013
The advice often given to incoming members of the President’s Cabinet is to pick three issues on which to focus...Three New Visionary Ideas for the President
Mar 26, 2013
When President Obama gave his State of the Union speech to Congress last month, the transportation community reaction was mixed....An Incomplete Agenda for the Nation’s Transportation System
Feb 26, 2013 | Carter Templeton
BY ERIC PETERSON Transportation Policy Consultant, Former Deputy Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration at the U.S. Department...Transportation Policy Resolutions for the New Year
Jan 26, 2013
2013 promises to be an eventful year for federal policy-making. The entire tax code and virtually all domestic spending programs...Is Quantitative Easing an Option for Infrastructure Financing?
Jan 26, 2013 | Carter Templeton
BY ERIC PETERSON Transportation Policy Consultant, Former Deputy Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration at the U.S. Department...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,...