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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.

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Why an I-81 ‘Skyway’ Would be Costly and Unworkable: ‘Who wants to live under a 70-foot bridge?’

January 11, 2023
Jan 11, 2023 | Robert Puentes
Eno's Robert Puentes is asked about a recent highway project in Syracuse and what it may mean for the community.
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DOT Gives $2.1 Billion for Four Large Bridge Projects

January 6, 2023
Jan 6, 2023 | Jeff Davis
January 6, 2023 - The Biden Administration announced this week that four highway bridge projects will split nearly $2.1 billion...
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Biden Administration Gives $1.6 Billion for Bridge Project Sought by McConnell, Portman

January 3, 2023
Jan 3, 2023 | Jeff Davis
January 3, 2023 - President Biden will visit Kentucky today to announce $1.6 billion in federal grants to a new...
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Senate Confirms Bhatt to Run FHWA; Amtrak Nominees Expected to Wait in Limbo

December 9, 2022
Dec 9, 2022 | Jeff Davis
December 8, 2022 - The U.S. Senate on December 8 confirmed Shailen Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal Highway...
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Webinar: The Key to Building Great Communities: Listening for Understanding

November 29, 2022
Nov 29, 2022 | Jonathan Hammond
When Lynn Peterson began working as a transportation engineer, she was taught to evaluate roadway projects based only on metrics...
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Transportation at the Ballot Box: What to Watch

November 4, 2022
Nov 4, 2022 | Robert Puentes, Jonathan Hammond
November 4, 2022 - On Election Day next week, voters in at least 21 states will decide on hundreds of...
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FY23 Highway Funding: Allocated Set-Aside Reaches All-Time High; 33 States Face Vulnerable Road User Penalty

October 28, 2022
Oct 28, 2022 | Jeff Davis
October 28, 2022 - On October 20, the Federal Highway Administration gave states a pro-rated share of fiscal 2023 highway...
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Costs of Highway Construction Rose 20%, 1Q 2021 to 1Q 2022

September 16, 2022
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff Davis
September 15, 2022 - This week, the Federal Highway Administration updated its official measure of highway and bridge construction costs...
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Innovative ‘Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project’ in Northern Virginia to Open on Time this Year

September 14, 2022
Sep 14, 2022 | Jeff Davis
As Jeff Davis, a Senior Fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, recently noted: “If sustained highway cost inflation averages...
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FHWA Narrowly Avoids Lapse of FY22 Highway Funds in August Redistribution

September 6, 2022
Sep 6, 2022 | Jeff Davis
September 6, 2022 - After some extra encouragement from FHWA, state DOTs collectively managed to request just enough highway funding...
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Comparing the Two Community Reconnection/Access Programs

August 19, 2022
Aug 19, 2022 | Jeff Davis
August 19, 2022 - The just-enacted Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) creates a new $3.2 billion program called the "Neighborhood Access...
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DOT Reinstates Greenhouse Emissions Measure for NHS

July 15, 2022
Jul 15, 2022 | Jeff Davis
July 15, 2022 - Last week, the Federal Highway Administration announced a proposed regulation requiring states and local planning agencies...
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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,...

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