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.
Background Three decades after the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) 1980 study about the safety impacts of roadside digital billboards recommended...
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Have you ever eaten at a restaurant with no prices for the food? This happens regularly at all-inclusive resorts. Since...
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BY KEVIN HEANUE Transportation Consultant In the October edition of Eno Brief, Steve Lockwood presented one view of a future...
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BY KEVIN HEANUE Transportation Consultant In the October edition of Eno Brief, Steve Lockwood presented one view of a future...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Carter Templetonhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngCarter Templeton2014-12-25 17:47:182023-04-14 14:17:02A Counterpoint to, “A Constrained Federal Aid Highway Program: Rightsizing for the 21st Century?”
As we look back on 2014, it is hard to draw many positive conclusions about recent progress on federal transportation...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Karen Pricehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngKaren Price2014-12-25 17:34:242023-04-14 14:21:232015: Year of Opportunity for Federal Transportation Policy?
December 4, 2014 - Yesterday, the House quietly passed a bill that increases the federal user charge on inland waterways...
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December 2, 2014 - As Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess to face what is supposed to be the last...
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As the lame-duck session of Congress approaches, there is nascent optimism within the transportation community that perhaps this could be...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Karen Pricehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngKaren Price2014-11-25 15:54:172023-04-14 14:41:01Myths Surrounding Devolution of Federal Transportation Programs
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,...