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.

California Enacts Significant Gas Tax Increase
Apr 14, 2017 | Jeff Davis
April 14, 2017 - Last week, the California legislature enacted a package of tax and fee increases on highway users,...
Congress Looks at FAST Act Implementation
Apr 13, 2017 | Greg Rogers
April 18, 2017 - On April 5, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee held a hearing to review implementation of...
Gov. McAuliffe Touts Virginia’s Potential to Test, Manufacture Automated Vehicles
Apr 7, 2017 | Greg Rogers
April 7, 2017 - “It is my goal to make Virginia the capital of automated vehicles.” McAuliffe proclaimed at an...
Eno, Virginia Review State Policies for Automated Vehicles
Apr 7, 2017 | Greg Rogers
April 7, 2017 - On March 30, the Eno Center for Transportation organized a workshop in partnership with the Commonwealth...
Guest Op-Ed: Twin 33s – Trucking Efficiency, On Demand
Apr 7, 2017 | Rui Neiva
Washington has not upgraded transport efficiency in decades, but permitting Twin 33s nationwide would be a great place to start.
DOT Releases $768 Million in Emergency Relief Highway Funding
Apr 7, 2017 | Jeff Davis
April 7, 2017 - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao on April 6 approved the release of $768.2 million for...
Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Let Safety Take a Back Seat to Special Interests
Apr 7, 2017 | John Lannen, Harry Adler
Twin 33-foot trailers towed in tandem would not only further degrade our already- deteriorating infrastructure, but they also pose a...
Point-Counterpoint: Twin 33 Trailer Combinations
Apr 7, 2017 | Jeff Davis
April 7, 2017- We have a set of dueling guest op-eds for and against the idea of allowing twin trailer...
30 Years Ago This Week: Reagan’s 1987 Highway Bill Veto
Mar 29, 2017 | Jeff Davis
March 29, 2017 - Thirty years ago this week, an 18-month struggle over the future of federal highway and mass...
Self-Driving Ubers Return to the Road Following Arizona Crash
Mar 29, 2017 | Greg Rogers
March 29, 2017 - Uber's automated vehicles are back on the road following a collision in Tempe, Arizona last week...
Congress Examines the Levels of Vehicle Automation
Mar 29, 2017 | Greg Rogers
March 29, 2017 - On Tuesday, March 28, the House Energy & Committee Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection...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,...
