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.
August 18, 2023 - Road traffic fatalities in the United States increased at the rate of 3 percent annually between...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/VisionZeroArt.png574527Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-08-18 11:53:282023-08-18 14:31:31Why US States and Cities are Failing to Reduce Road Traffic Deaths
July 28, 2023 - The United States has a notoriously high traffic death rate per capita among the OECD countries....
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/highway-texas-streets-roads-interstate-cars-traffic-jpg-scaled-2.jpg17072560Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-07-28 12:50:262023-07-28 14:34:01State and Local Governments Hold the Key to Lower Road Traffic Deaths
Unpredictable, but not unprecedented. In 2017, a fire caused a critical portion of I-85 in Atlanta to collapse. But workers rebuilt...
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April 14, 2023 - This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $295.7 million in funding for nine competitive selectees...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/iStock-1035372310.jpg14142121enoactualizehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngenoactualize2023-04-14 07:50:402023-06-20 07:49:06DOT Announces $296 Million in Bridge Grants
March 17, 2023 - The Biden Administration announced that the first $625 million of an eventual $2+ billion provided by...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EV-EVS-electric-cars-charging-station-scaled-3.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-03-17 19:12:342023-04-14 11:29:14DOT Opens Applications for $625M in EV Charging Grants
February 24, 2023 - Last August, the Federal Highway Administration almost let $250 million in highway funding lapse forever, unspent,...
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February 17, 2023 - President Biden announced on February 13 that he will nominate Ann Carlson, the Deputy Administrator of...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-white-house-1623005_1280-e1481145598155.jpg427750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-02-17 16:53:202023-04-14 11:28:46Biden Nominates Ann Carlson to Head NHTSA
February 3, 2023 - The Federal Highway Administration this week notified state DOTs that they would be able to obligate...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/los-angeles-traffic-congestion-pricing-highway-street-scaled-2.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-02-03 16:36:292023-04-14 11:28:35Initial HTF Formula Funding Given to States for FY23 Is $1.1 Billion Less than FY22
Eno's Robert Puentes is asked about a recent highway project in Syracuse and what it may mean for the community.
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Robert Puenteshttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngRobert Puentes2023-01-11 14:17:522023-04-28 14:17:04Why an I-81 ‘Skyway’ Would be Costly and Unworkable: ‘Who wants to live under a 70-foot bridge?’
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,...