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.
June 27, 1916 - One hundred years ago today, the United States Senate approved the final version of the Good...
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Congressional Record excerpt from June 29, 1916 featuring House of Representatives consideration of the conference report to accompany the Good...
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Report of the committee of conference to accompany the bill H.R. 7617 (64th Congress), the Good Roads Act.
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April 5, 1966 memo from Senate Public Works staff director Ron Linton to Senate Government Operations staff director Jim Calloway...
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June 15, 2016 - Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on June 8...
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Roadside billboards have been a part of the American landscape for as long as there have been American roads. Yet...
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Tuesday, June 7 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - full committee hearing on TSA aviation screening (witness list...
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The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on society is vast, with both positive and negative implications. Generally, public safety is...
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Transportation Weekly issue brief dated May 12, 2014, entitled "Do We Still Need the Highway Trust Fund?"
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Table showing the amount of highway contract authority each state had on-hand at the end of FY 2015 and potentially...
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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,...