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Jeff Davis2020-05-15 14:03:192023-06-27 18:14:45VMT Down 19% in March, but Gasoline Production Up 20% in MayThere 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.
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Highway Funding in New House COVID Bill Reinforces Funding Formula Inequities
May 13, 2020 | Jeff Davis
May 13, 2020 - By using a funding formula based on decades-old political compromises and earmarks to distribute what is...
$15 Billion for State DOTs, $15.75 Billion More For Transit in Latest House Democratic COVID Bill
May 12, 2020 | Jeff Davis
May 12, 2020 - This afternoon, House Democrats unveiled their $3 trillion coronavirus response bill, which contains over $30 billion...
Distribution of $50 Billion in Aid to State DOTs Under Two Scenarios
May 5, 2020 | Jeff Davis
This is a two-page PDF file, containing two tables that show how a hypothetical $50 billion in aid to state...
How Should Congress Distribute Funding for State Transportation Revenue Replacement?
May 5, 2020 | Jeff Davis
May 5, 2020 - If Congress uses the standard federal highway funding formula to distribute aid meant to replace dedicated...
Webinar: The Adoption and Travel Impacts of Teleworking: Will It Be Different This Time?
Apr 30, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
From Alvin Toffler's (1980) "electronic cottage," to Peter Drucker's (1993) declaration that commuting to an office was obsolete, through…
Webinar: Dynamic Streets, Curbs, and Sidewalks in COVID-19
Apr 27, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
Previous plans to expand bike networks and more space for pedestrians are being fast-tracked as stay-at-home orders for COVID-19 demand…
Webinar: Geofencing and the Potential of Connected Vehicles
Apr 27, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
Full obedience of traffic rules and regulations and the ability to dynamically change them, depending on the current situation in...
Guest Op-Ed: Atlanta Adopts Vision Zero. Now Comes the Hard Part: Implementation
Apr 24, 2020 | David Ederer
April 24, 2020 - If Atlanta’s Vision Zero program is to be truly “World Class,” it must reconsider for whom...
Has Coronavirus Started Affecting Highway Outlays?
Apr 23, 2020 | Jeff Davis
April 23, 2020 - Has the coronavirus yet begun to drive down Highway Trust Fund cash outlays? Possibly, but it's...
Webinar: There’s No Tool Like Curbs: The Powerful Mobility Tool Every City Already Has
Apr 8, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
Cities are looking to their transportation systems to promote mobility, safety, equity, climate and accessibility goals. Some trends,…
The Last Time VMT Dropped This Sharply – WWII Gas Rationing
Apr 8, 2020 | Jeff Davis
April 8, 2020 - The World War II experience in gasoline rationing may provide some interesting parallels to the current...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,...
