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 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...
Webinar: Environmental (in)Justice During COVID-19
Nov 4, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
In this webinar, we will address the harm inflicted upon minorities, low-income, rural, and tribal populations through disproportionate…
Webinar: Reimagining Regulations for a Changing Mobility Landscape
Oct 14, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
As the world's mobility landscape changes, city and transportation leaders must grapple with new ways to provide the best transportation…
Webinar: What Counts in Mobility? Rethinking Transportation Modeling
Oct 13, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
Transportation models predict the traffic volume of a given bridge, highway, or train and allow decision-makers to make more informed…
Authorization Table for STRR Act As Introduced in the House
Oct 8, 2020 | Carolyn Dorf
Table of funding authorizations for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 as released by the chairman of...
Authorization Table for STRR Act As Introduced in the House
Oct 8, 2020 | Carolyn Dorf
Table of funding authorizations for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 as released by the chairman of…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,...
