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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.

Senate Commerce Committee Approves Aviation and Amtrak Nominees and USDOT Reporting Bill

September 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 | Alexander Laska
September 5, 2018 - The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved Wednesday two transportation-related nominees and a bill to...
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Under Secretary Highlights DOT’s Work in Automated Vehicles at GHSA Annual Meeting

September 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018
September 4, 2018 - At last week's GHSA Annual Meeting, Under Secretary of Transportation David Kan expressed criticism of the...
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FHWA Asks 25 Rural States to Submit Applications for $225 Million in Bridge Grants

September 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 | Jeff Davis
September 6, 2018 - The Federal Highway Administration yesterday published a funding notice in the Federal Register letting the 25...
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Does More Federal Highway Spending Mean More Total Highway Spending?

September 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 | Jeff Davis
September 4, 2018 - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a working paper last week summarizing all the available economic...
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FHWA Distributes Record $4.2 Billion of Extra “August Redistribution” Highway Money to State DOTs

September 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 | Jeff Davis
September 4, 2018 - Last week, the Federal Highway Administration distributed $4.2 billion in additional highway formula funding for fiscal...
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Ten Years of Highway Trust Fund Bankruptcy: Why Did It Happen, and What Have We Learned?

September 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 | Jeff Davis
September 5, 2018 - Ten years ago today, the U.S. Department of Transportation made the stunning announcement that the federal...
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Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 3, 2018

August 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018 | Jeff Davis
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Highways and Transit – subcommittee hearing on "Innovation...
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Federal Freight Focus Shifts Inland – and Zeroes In on Complex Policy Questions

August 17, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 | Alexander Laska
August 16, 2018 - Five years after labor disputes out West grinded operations at 29 ports to a halt, federal...
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Chart of the Week – HTF Highway Account Spending Rates

August 17, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 | Jeff Davis
August 17, 2018 - This chart visualizes the annual cycle of payments from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust...
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Senate Floor Amendment Log – FY 2019 Transportation Appropriations

July 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 | Jeff Davis
Summary and status of all transportation-related amendments filed to the Senate version of the FY 2019 Transportation Appropriations Act during...
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Shuster Introduces His Infrastructure Bill

July 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 | Jeff Davis
July 23, 2018 - This evening, House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) is releasing the text of his...
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Shuster Infrastructure Proposal – July 23, 2018

July 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
This is the text of the 108-page infrastructure bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by House Transportation and...
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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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