1991 ISTEA – Section-by-Section Analysis of the Administration’s Bill
Section-by-section analysis provided by the Department of Transportation to Congress of the Bush Administration’s proposed Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1991.
1991 ISTEA – Legislative Text of Administration Proposal
Text of the George H.W. Bush Administration’s proposed Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 1991, as introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 1351. The bill proposed the creation of a 150,000-mile National Highway System…
1959 Report on “The Federal Role in Highway Safety”
March 3, 1959 report to Congress by the Commerce Department pursuant to section 117 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1956, which required a “full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of deter-…
1966 Boyd Proposal for Transportation Regulatory Reform
Undated memo from Commerce Under Secretary Alan Boyd to the White House received on February 2, 1966 (but possibly written or send earlier) proposing possible changes in the legal framework for transportation rate regulation to…
1961 National Transportation Policy (Senate Commerce Committee Staff Report a.k.a. Doyle Report)
1961 report of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Special Study Group on Transportation Policies in the United States (commonly referred to as the “Doyle Report” for its principal author, Maj. Gen. John P. Doyle). Chapter 4…
1949 Hoover Commission Final Report (Dept. of Commerce Transportation Service)
1949 final report of the first Hoover Commission recommending that federal transportation agencies be consolidated within a new Transportation Service of the Department of Commerce, headed by an Under Secretary for Transportation. (The full Commission…
1937 Report of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate the Executive Agencies of the Government (No. 12)
Report No. 12 of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate the Executive Agencies of the Government (prepared by the Brookings Institution). This report recommended that federal agencies responsible for the promotion of transportation be consolidated,…
1966 LBJ Message to Congress on Transportation
Message from President Johnson to Congress on March 2, 1966 that recommended the following: creation of a new Department of Transportation, the establishment of a new federal program of highway and vehicle safety, and the…
1966 Speech by Sen. Magnuson on Introduction of the Department of Transportation Act
Congressional Record excerpt from March 2, 1966 with the speech by Senate Commerce Committee chairman Warren Magnuson (D-WA) explaining his introduction of the Administration’s proposed Department of Transportation Act (S. 3010).
1966 House Debate on Receipt of the President’s Transportation Message
Congressional Record excerpt from March 2, 1966 showing the receipt by the House of Representatives of the President’s message on transportation and reaction by Majority Leader Carl Albert (R-OK) and the House sponsor of the…
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.