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.

If We Can Do It In Baltimore . . .
Dec 18, 2024 | Aidan Mackenzie
October 18, 2024 - Aidan Mackenzie's "If We Can Do It in Baltimore" quotes Eno Center for Transportation's Philip Mark...
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961): The ‘Hidden Hand’ that Changed the Landscape of America
Dec 13, 2024 | Jeff Davis
December 13, 2024 - Dwight D. Eisenhower's significant transportation legacy isn't just about the Interstate Highway System.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945): We Continue to Benefit from His Transportation Legacy
Nov 22, 2024 | Neil Pedersen
When Franklin Roosevelt became President in 1933, the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression, with a...
Nashville Is Choosing How It Moves on Election Day
Nov 1, 2024 | Sohail Husain
November 1, 2024 - Next week, Nashville voters will decide whether to increase local sales taxes by a half-point and...
USDOT Announces Final $2.6B in INFRA Grants from IIJA
Oct 21, 2024 | Jeff Davis
October 21, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced an additional $2.6 billion in grants from the INFRA...
Bhatt Resigns As FHWA Administrator
Sep 13, 2024 | Jeff Davis
September 13, 2024 - Shailen Bhatt has resigned as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration after just 20 months on...
FHWA Gives States Additional $8.7B in Highway Formula Funding to Close FY24
Aug 30, 2024 | Jeff Davis
August 30, 2024 - The Federal Highway Administration this week distributed an additional $8.7 billion in federal-aid highways obligation authority...
States Receive Record $62.1 Billion in Highway Formula Funding in 2024
Aug 30, 2024 | Jeff Davis
August 30, 2024 - The total amount of usable highway formula funding given to states by the Federal Highway Administration...
DOT Announces $5B in Large Bridge Grants (Including $568M in Money They Don’t Have Yet)
Jul 19, 2024 | Jeff Davis
July 19, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Transportation on July 17 announced the selection of 13 new bridge projects...
White House Requests $3.1B for FHWA to Replace Baltimore Bridge, Address Other Emergencies
Jun 28, 2024 | Jeff Davis
June 28, 2024 - Earlier today, the White House asked Congress for an emergency appropriation of $3.1 billion to replace...
House T&I Discusses Bridge Collapse
May 17, 2024 | Kirbie Ferrell
May 15, 2024 - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to discuss the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key...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,...
