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.

1985 (Sep. 10) Dole Letter to House Public Works Chairman on Highway Bill
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September 10, 1985 letter from Transportation Secretary Dole to House Public Works and Transportation chairman Jim Howard expressing the views...
1986 (Jun. 21) OMB Letter to House Public Works Chairman on Highway Bill
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June 21, 1986 letter from OMB Director Jim Miller to House Public Works and Transportation chairman Jim Howard expressing the...
1986 (Jul. 21) OMB Letter to Senate EPW Chairman on Highway BIll
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July 21, 1986 letter from OMB Director Jim Miller to Senate Environment and Public Works chairman Bob Stafford expressing the...
1986 (Oct. 2) Dole Letter to House Public Works Chairman Howard on Highway Bill
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October 2, 1986 letter from Transportation Secretary Dole to House Public Works and Transportation chairman Jim Howard expressing Administration views...
1986 (Oct. 2) OMB Letter to Senate EPW Chairman on Highway Bill Conference
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October 2, 1986 letter from OMB Director Jim Miller to Senate Environment and Public Works chairman Bob Stafford expressing Administration...
1987 (Feb. 20) Dole Letter to Senate Highway Bill Conferees
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February 20, 1987 letter from Transportation Secretary Dole to the Senate members of the House-Senate conference committee on H.R. 2,...
1972 (Apr. 26) Memo to Nixon on Mass Transit Operating Subsidies
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April 26, 1972 memo from White House aide Egil "Bud" Krogh to President Nixon requesting that he officially reject Transportation...
1991 ISTEA – House Rules Committee Hearing (Video)
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August 1, 1991 hearing of the House Rules Committee on H.R. 2950, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, at which...
Tax Talks Collapse As T&I Eyes Late October Highway Bill Markup
Oct 2, 2015 | Jeff Davis
October 2, 2015 - High-level talks between senior members of the Congressional tax committees broke down today as those legislators...
1991 ISTEA – House Full Committee Markup (Video)
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July 26, 1991 full committee markup in the House Transportation and Public Works Committee of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency...
House Hearing Examines Interoperability of Electronic Toll Systems
Oct 1, 2015 | Emily Han
October 1, 2015 - On September 30, the House Oversight Subcommittee for Transportation and Public Assets held a hearing on...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,...
