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.

Infrastructure overhaul should focus more on safety, advocates say
May 27, 2021 | Paul Lewis
The administration still hasn’t spelled out a lot of details about the initial plan, but more than $400 billion apparently...
The repair of a vital Memphis bridge could take 2 months, chief engineer says. The impacts are already being felt
May 13, 2021 | Paul Lewis
"A bridge like this could likely qualify, but it's hard to say what the metrics will be," said Paul Lewis,...
Public transit agencies across US seek to lure back commuters lost during the pandemic
May 3, 2021 | Jeff Davis
“It’s a major upgrade,” said Jeff Davis, a senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, who describes the amount...
Senate Commerce Looks at AV Development, but Pulls Bill from Schedule
Apr 30, 2021 | Jeff Davis
April 20, 2021 - This week, a Senate committee hearing looked at autonomous vehicle (AV) safety regulation, but the committee...
White House plan calls for large expansion of federal government’s role in transportation
Mar 31, 2021 | Jeff Davis
The Biden administration is calling for $365 billion in highway spending, $189 billion for transit and $94 billion for rail...
Can Congress fix I-80? How Biden’s expected infrastructure plan could impact Sacramento
Mar 30, 2021 | Paul Lewis
Saying a bridge is deficient “doesn’t mean the bridge is about to fall down. That kind of thing is very...
Proceed With Caution Regarding Transportation Earmarks, Stakeholders Say
Mar 15, 2021 | Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis hopes lawmakers will tread cautiously. “I just hope they can restrain themselves,” he said. 
Webinar: Form and Function: The Role and Future of Complete Streets Post-COVID
Mar 12, 2021 | Madeline Gorman
"Complete streets" is a design approach intended to accommodate a variety of modes of transportation and has been shown to...
Biden DOT Rewrites INFRA Grant Solicitation – But Will FY21 Be the Only Year Team Biden Gets to Select Projects?
Feb 26, 2021 | Jeff Davis
February 26, 2021 - The Biden Administration has released its revised version of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for...
First Highway & Transit Subcommittee Hearing of 2021 Tackles Racial Disparities in Traffic Enforcement
Feb 26, 2021 | Romic Aevaz
February 26, 2021 - On Wednesday February 24, the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held its first hearing of...
Op-Ed: The Infrastructure Disaster Nobody is Talking About
Dec 11, 2020 | Paul Lewis
December 11, 2020 - Perhaps we are still distracted by the election. Perhaps commuting patterns have changed so much that...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,...
