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Jeff Davis2019-02-08 10:37:592023-06-27 18:35:29The Highway Trust Fund Problem in Two ChartsThere 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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Transportation and Infrastructure in the State of the Union Address, 1999-2018
Feb 4, 2019 | Jeff Davis
February 4, 2019 - Here is a list of every mention of transportation, infrastructure, highways, transit, rail, aviation, and waterways...
FHWA Nominee Enjoys Positive Reception at Confirmation Hearing
Feb 1, 2019 | Hayley Burton
January 31, 2019 - After more than two years without a Federal Highway Administrator, a confirmation hearing was held on...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of February 4, 2019
Feb 1, 2019 | Jeff Davis
Tuesday, February 5 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee business meeting to vote on pending business including...
CBO Estimates Future Transportation Excise Tax Yields Increasing
Jan 31, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 31, 2019 - Projections for transportation excise tax receipts are up substantially in several areas in the new CBO...
How Much Money Would a Gas Tax Increase Raise?
Jan 31, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 31, 2019 - The new CBO budget forecast allows us to estimate how much money would be raised by...
CBO Issues Update of Highway Trust Fund Forecast
Jan 28, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 28, 2019 - The Congressional Budget Office today issued a revised Highway Trust Fund forecast estimating that about $165...
Is the Federal-Aid Highway Program Compatible With the “Green New Deal?”
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...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 28, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 | Jeff Davis
Tuesday, January 29 – Senate Environment and Public Works – full committee hearing on the nomination of Nicole Nason to...
House to Move Last Year’s Bipartisan Appropriations Agreements Next Week
Jan 18, 2019 | Jeff Davis
January 17, 2019 - House Democrats, in yet another attempt to force members to vote on a different way to...
Shutdown Continues With No End in Sight, As Federal Workers Miss First Paycheck
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,...
Virginia Proposes Tolling 325 Miles of Interstate 81
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...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,...
