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.

Reichert Amendment to DRIVE Act – Estimated Budget Effects
Nov 2, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
On Monday, November 2, the chairman of the House Ways and Means tax subcommittee, Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), offered amendment...
House STRR vs Senate DRIVE Comparison Tables
Nov 2, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
Tables comparing funding levels, programs and priorities (including state-by-state highway and transit funding totals) for the House's STRR Act and...
House Amendments to DRIVE Act Filed with Rules Committee – T&I Jurisdiction Only
Nov 2, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
Amendments filed to Rules Committee Print 114-32 (the text of H.R. 3763, the STRR Act, as modified by the Rules...
Highway Bill On House Floor This Week – Amendment and Cost Estimate Update
Nov 1, 2015 | Jeff Davis
A lot of information relating to the surface transportation bill in the House was released last Friday evening, and this...
1975 Ford Decision Memo on Highway Funding
Oct 30, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
This is a series of memos presented to President Ford in May 1975 requesting his decisions on highway funding policy...
The Rules of the Road: Then Versus Now
Oct 29, 2015 | Ann Henebery
To keep up what Eno started, we are proposing a new look at the old rules of the road. These...
USDOT Announces $485 Million in FY15 TIGER Grants
Oct 29, 2015 | Jeff Davis
October 29, 2015 - The Department of Transportation today announced the recipients of $485 million in national infrastructure investment (a.k.a....
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 2, 2015
Oct 29, 2015 | Jeff Davis
Monday, November 2 – House Rules – full committee hearing set parameters for general debate on the Senate amendment to...
Congress Clears 3-Week HTF Extension (With PTC); Highway Bill On House Floor Next Week
Oct 29, 2015 | Jeff Davis
October 29, 2015 - Both Houses of Congress cleared legislation this week that will extend expiring Highway Trust Fund spending...
House Hearing Previews NHTSA Vehicle Safety Portions of Surface Reauthorization Bill
Oct 29, 2015
October 28, 2015 - The House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) has released a discussion draft of legislation to reauthorize...
Senate OK’s 3-Week HTF Extension and Confirms Feinberg as FRA Administrator
Oct 28, 2015 | Jeff Davis
October 28, 2015 - The U.S. Senate has approved H.R. 3819, the three-week Highway Trust Fund extension through November 20...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,...
