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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.

Can Biden build a bridge to fix America’s infrastructure problems?

May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021 | Paul Lewis
Designed to support state-level transportation projects, Paul Lewis, vice president of policy at Eno Center for Transportation, said states have...
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Infrastructure overhaul should focus more on safety, advocates say

May 27, 2021
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...
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The repair of a vital Memphis bridge could take 2 months, chief engineer says. The impacts are already being felt

May 13, 2021
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,...
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Public transit agencies across US seek to lure back commuters lost during the pandemic

May 3, 2021
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...
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Senate Commerce Looks at AV Development, but Pulls Bill from Schedule

April 30, 2021
Apr 30, 2021 | Jeff Davis
April 20, 2021 - This week, a Senate committee hearing looked at autonomous vehicle (AV) safety regulation, but the committee...
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White House plan calls for large expansion of federal government’s role in transportation

March 31, 2021
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...
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Can Congress fix I-80? How Biden’s expected infrastructure plan could impact Sacramento

March 30, 2021
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...
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Proceed With Caution Regarding Transportation Earmarks, Stakeholders Say

March 15, 2021
Mar 15, 2021 | Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis hopes lawmakers will tread cautiously. “I just hope they can restrain themselves,” he said.  
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Webinar: Form and Function: The Role and Future of Complete Streets Post-COVID

March 12, 2021
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...
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Biden DOT Rewrites INFRA Grant Solicitation – But Will FY21 Be the Only Year Team Biden Gets to Select Projects?

February 26, 2021
Feb 26, 2021 | Jeff Davis
February 26, 2021 - The Biden Administration has released its revised version of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for...
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First Highway & Transit Subcommittee Hearing of 2021 Tackles Racial Disparities in Traffic Enforcement

February 26, 2021
Feb 26, 2021 | Romic Aevaz
February 26, 2021 - On Wednesday February 24, the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held its first hearing of...
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Op-Ed: The Infrastructure Disaster Nobody is Talking About

December 11, 2020
Dec 11, 2020 | Paul Lewis
December 11, 2020 - Perhaps we are still distracted by the election. Perhaps commuting patterns have changed so much that...
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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,...

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