1978 Carter Message to Congress on Highway and Transit Programs
This is House Document 95-284, President Carter’s message to Congress of January 26, 1978 transmitting his proposed highway and mass transit reauthorization bill.
Summary of October 1954 Clay Committee Hearings
This is a 16-page confidential summary of the October 1954 hearings of the President’s Advisory Committee on a National Highway System (the “Clay Committee”) prepared by the committee’s staff director, Frank Turner.
October 1954 Clay Committee Hearings – Transcript
This is a PDF of the stenographer’s transcript of the hearings held on October 7 and 8, 1954, by the President’s Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program. (The panel was often referred to as…
Appropriations Earmarks of Mass Transit “New Starts” Pre-ISTEA
This is a 19-page PDF file showing every Congressional earmark of a mass transit “new start” project in an appropriations bill or conference report prior to the enactment of the 1991 ISTEA surface transportation authorization…
Cabinet Meeting of September 30, 1955
This PDF contains documents from the Eisenhower Library relating to the Cabinet meeting held September 30, 1955. This was a very unusual Cabinet meeting in that it occurred six days after President Eisenhower had a…
Brock Adams’ 1977 Plan for Transportation Revenue
This PDF file contains a July 15, 1977 memo from Transportation Secretary Brock Adams to President Carter saying that “the transportation and energy problems cannot be pulled apart. Responsible sentiment is rising for a marriage…
1994 Interagency ATC Corporation Study
May 1994 report of the federal interagency Executive Oversight Committee to the Secretary of Transportation on the proposal to create a federal corporation to provide air traffic control services.
July 1964 FAA Administrator Halaby Letter to President Johnson
This is a personal letter dated January 13, 1964 from FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby to President Johnson. In it, he discusses the civilian supersonic transport aircraft program, politically palatable FAA budget cuts, and the need…
1997 NEXTEA Clearance Letter from Sec. Slater to President Clinton
Memo from Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater to President Clinton dated February 24, 1997 where Slater requests that the President approve the draft NEXTEA surface transportation reauthorization bill authored by DOT and transmit the bill to…
1967 NHTSA Consolidation Documents
Documents relating to President Johnson’s June 1967 order consolidating federal highway safety functions and federal motor vehicle safety functions into one entity, which is now NHTSA.
Transportation Policy History – Archive of Etw Articles
Someone once asked me if all of the transportation policy history articles I have written for ETW were collected in one place. They were not, so now they are. Multi-Part Series: A Conversation With Alan Boyd, the First U.S. Secretary of Transportation Part 1 (February…
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership Archive
For over a quarter century, the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) worked to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. From its earliest days impacting the landmark Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, STPP was always on the vanguard of transportation reform in the United States.
Eno is proud to host the archive of STPP’s website which contains a repository of STPP reports, information, and activities.