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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.

The Highway Trust Fund Problem in Two Charts

February 8, 2019
Feb 8, 2019 | Jeff Davis
February 8, 2019 - Here are two simple charts that show the totality of the Highway Trust Fund spending and...
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Transportation and Infrastructure in the State of the Union Address, 1999-2018

February 4, 2019
Feb 4, 2019 | Jeff Davis
February 4, 2019 - Here is a list of every mention of transportation, infrastructure, highways, transit, rail, aviation, and waterways...
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FHWA Nominee Enjoys Positive Reception at Confirmation Hearing

February 1, 2019
Feb 1, 2019 | Hayley Burton
January 31, 2019 - After more than two years without a Federal Highway Administrator, a confirmation hearing was held on...
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Capitol Hill Events – Week of February 4, 2019

February 1, 2019
Feb 1, 2019 | Jeff Davis
Tuesday, February 5 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee business meeting to vote on pending business including...
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CBO Estimates Future Transportation Excise Tax Yields Increasing

January 31, 2019
Jan 31, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 31, 2019 - Projections for transportation excise tax receipts are up substantially in several areas in the new CBO...
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How Much Money Would a Gas Tax Increase Raise?

January 31, 2019
Jan 31, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 31, 2019 - The new CBO budget forecast allows us to estimate how much money would be raised by...
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CBO Issues Update of Highway Trust Fund Forecast

January 28, 2019
Jan 28, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 28, 2019 - The Congressional Budget Office today issued a revised Highway Trust Fund forecast estimating that about $165...
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Is the Federal-Aid Highway Program Compatible With the “Green New Deal?”

January 25, 2019
Jan 25, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 25, 2019 - Both the spending and revenue sides of the federal-aid highway program are very carbon-centric. Is the...
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Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 28, 2019

January 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 | Jeff Davis
Tuesday, January 29 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee hearing on the nomination of Nicole Nason to...
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House to Move Last Year’s Bipartisan Appropriations Agreements Next Week

January 18, 2019
Jan 18, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 17, 2019 - House Democrats, in yet another attempt to force members to vote on a different way to...
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Shutdown Continues With No End in Sight, As Federal Workers Miss First Paycheck

January 11, 2019
Jan 11, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 11, 2019 - The partial lapse-of-appropriations shutdown that began at midnight on December 21 is now three weeks old,...
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Virginia Proposes Tolling 325 Miles of Interstate 81

January 11, 2019
Jan 11, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 11, 2019 - This week, Virginia governor Ralph Northam announced that he and a bipartisan group of state legislators are...
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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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