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Jeff Davis2022-10-28 18:18:022023-06-27 17:11:56FY23 Highway Funding: Allocated Set-Aside Reaches All-Time High; 33 States Face Vulnerable Road User PenaltyThere 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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Jeff Davis2022-10-28 18:18:022023-06-27 17:11:56FY23 Highway Funding: Allocated Set-Aside Reaches All-Time High; 33 States Face Vulnerable Road User Penalty
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...
DOT Launches 5-Year, $1B Grant Program Targeting Highway Removal and More
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...
FHWA Solicits Applications for $2.4B in Bridge Project Funding
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...
Lawmakers Discuss Road Safety, Spike in Traffic Deaths at House Hearing
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...
The Creation of Contract Authority, June 1922
Jun 3, 2022 | Jeff Davis
June 3, 2022 - One hundred years ago this week, a Congressional conference committee consisting of House Appropriations Committee members...
DOT Rolls Out $1 Billion/Year Safe Streets Grant Program
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...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,...
