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Jeff Davis2023-01-06 18:10:222023-04-14 11:28:07DOT Gives $2.1 Billion for Four Large Bridge ProjectsThere 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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Biden Administration Gives $1.6 Billion for Bridge Project Sought by McConnell, Portman
Jan 3, 2023 | Jeff Davis
January 3, 2023 - President Biden will visit Kentucky today to announce $1.6 billion in federal grants to a new...
Senate Confirms Bhatt to Run FHWA; Amtrak Nominees Expected to Wait in Limbo
Dec 9, 2022 | Jeff Davis
December 8, 2022 - The U.S. Senate on December 8 confirmed Shailen Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal Highway...
Webinar: The Key to Building Great Communities: Listening for Understanding
Nov 29, 2022 | Jonathan Hammond
When Lynn Peterson began working as a transportation engineer, she was taught to evaluate roadway projects based only on metrics...
Transportation at the Ballot Box: What to Watch
Nov 4, 2022 | Robert Puentes, Jonathan Hammond
November 4, 2022 - On Election Day next week, voters in at least 21 states will decide on hundreds of...
FY23 Highway Funding: Allocated Set-Aside Reaches All-Time High; 33 States Face Vulnerable Road User Penalty
Oct 28, 2022 | Jeff Davis
October 28, 2022 - On October 20, the Federal Highway Administration gave states a pro-rated share of fiscal 2023 highway...
Costs of Highway Construction Rose 20%, 1Q 2021 to 1Q 2022
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff Davis
September 15, 2022 - This week, the Federal Highway Administration updated its official measure of highway and bridge construction costs...
Innovative ‘Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project’ in Northern Virginia to Open on Time this Year
Sep 14, 2022 | Jeff Davis
As Jeff Davis, a Senior Fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, recently noted: “If sustained highway cost inflation averages...
FHWA Narrowly Avoids Lapse of FY22 Highway Funds in August Redistribution
Sep 6, 2022 | Jeff Davis
September 6, 2022 - After some extra encouragement from FHWA, state DOTs collectively managed to request just enough highway funding...
Comparing the Two Community Reconnection/Access Programs
Aug 19, 2022 | Jeff Davis
August 19, 2022 - The just-enacted Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) creates a new $3.2 billion program called the "Neighborhood Access...
DOT Reinstates Greenhouse Emissions Measure for NHS
Jul 15, 2022 | Jeff Davis
July 15, 2022 - Last week, the Federal Highway Administration announced a proposed regulation requiring states and local planning agencies...
Speed in Business Has Never Been Greater
Jul 7, 2022 | Deborah Rosenberg
July 7, 2022 - Companies learned during the pandemic that they could shift and adapt quickly to rapidly changing business...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,...
