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Jeff Davis2023-02-17 16:53:202023-04-14 11:28:46Biden Nominates Ann Carlson to Head NHTSAThere 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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FHWA Reveals Possible $3.5 Billion Highway Funding Overstatement
Feb 3, 2023 | Jeff Davis
February 3, 2023 - The Federal Highway Administration told Congress this week that $3.5 billion in federal-aid highway contract authority...
Initial HTF Formula Funding Given to States for FY23 Is $1.1 Billion Less than FY22
Feb 3, 2023 | Jeff Davis
February 3, 2023 - The Federal Highway Administration this week notified state DOTs that they would be able to obligate...
Why an I-81 ‘Skyway’ Would be Costly and Unworkable: ‘Who wants to live under a 70-foot bridge?’
Jan 11, 2023 | Robert Puentes
Eno's Robert Puentes is asked about a recent highway project in Syracuse and what it may mean for the community.
DOT Gives $2.1 Billion for Four Large Bridge Projects
Jan 6, 2023 | Jeff Davis
January 6, 2023 - The Biden Administration announced this week that four highway bridge projects will split nearly $2.1 billion...
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...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,...
