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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.

FY23 Highway Funding: Allocated Set-Aside Reaches All-Time High; 33 States Face Vulnerable Road User Penalty

October 28, 2022
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...
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Costs of Highway Construction Rose 20%, 1Q 2021 to 1Q 2022

September 16, 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...
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Innovative ‘Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project’ in Northern Virginia to Open on Time this Year

September 14, 2022
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...
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FHWA Narrowly Avoids Lapse of FY22 Highway Funds in August Redistribution

September 6, 2022
Sep 6, 2022 | Jeff Davis
September 6, 2022 - After some extra encouragement from FHWA, state DOTs collectively managed to request just enough highway funding...
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Comparing the Two Community Reconnection/Access Programs

August 19, 2022
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...
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DOT Reinstates Greenhouse Emissions Measure for NHS

July 15, 2022
Jul 15, 2022 | Jeff Davis
July 15, 2022 - Last week, the Federal Highway Administration announced a proposed regulation requiring states and local planning agencies...
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Speed in Business Has Never Been Greater

July 7, 2022
Jul 7, 2022 | Deborah Rosenberg
July 7, 2022 - Companies learned during the pandemic that they could shift and adapt quickly to rapidly changing business...
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DOT Launches 5-Year, $1B Grant Program Targeting Highway Removal and More

July 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022 | Ethan McLeod
July 1, 2022 - The Biden administration this week kicked off a first-of-its-kind federal grant program to help communities nationwide...
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FHWA Solicits Applications for $2.4B in Bridge Project Funding

June 10, 2022
Jun 10, 2022 | Jeff Davis
June 10, 2022 - This morning, the Federal Highway Administration opened the process of giving out the first $2.36 billion...
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Lawmakers Discuss Road Safety, Spike in Traffic Deaths at House Hearing

June 10, 2022
Jun 10, 2022 | Ethan McLeod
June 10, 2022 - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing this week...
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The Creation of Contract Authority, June 1922

June 3, 2022
Jun 3, 2022 | Jeff Davis
June 3, 2022 - One hundred years ago this week, a Congressional conference committee consisting of House Appropriations Committee members...
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DOT Rolls Out $1 Billion/Year Safe Streets Grant Program

May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022 | Jeff Davis
May 20, 2022 - On May 16, the U.S. Department of Transportation solicited applications for $1 billion in grants for...
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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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