1966 (Feb.) White House Outreach to Congress – Part 2
This is a series of memos from February 18 through 28, 1966, detailing Johnson Administration outreach to Congress on the draft transportation message.
December 1982 Drew Lewis Resignation Letter
Hand-written letter of resignation from Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis to President Reagan dated December 12, 1982 (well before Congress had finished debating the 1982 surface transportation bill).
Digest of Transportation Association of America March 1966 Conference on DOT Proposal
Digest of a conference held March 16, 1966 by the Transportation Association of America on the proposed Department of Transportation Act.
Mar 25 1966 House Govt Operations Committee Staff Memo on USDOT Bill
Internal memo between staffers of the House Committee on Government Operations dated March 25, 1966 giving background information on the President’s proposed Department of Transportation Act.
June 24 1966 Senate Govt. Operations Committee Staff Memo on USDO Act
June 24, 1966 staff memo of the Senate Committee on Government Operations summarizing the questions raised regarding S. 3010, the Department of Transportation Act, during the panel’s hearings on the bill and suggesting potential amendments…
May 2 1966 Senate Govt. Operations Staff Memo on USDOT Act
May 2, 1966 staff memo of the Senate Committee on Government Operations summarizing issues that had been raised regarding S. 3010, the Department of Transportation Act, during the March hearings. The memo was meant to…
March 25 1966 Sen. Govt. Operations Staff Memo on USDOT Act
March 25, 1966 staff memo from the Senate Committee on Government Operations summarizing S. 3010, the Department of Transportation Act, as transmitted by the White House and introduced as S. 3010 by Sen. Magnuson.
1966 House Hearings on Legislation to Create a Department of Transportation (Part 1)
Hearings of the House Committee on Government Operations held over four days from April 6 through 26, 1966, on H.R. 13200, the bill to create the U.S. Department of Transportation.
1987 House Debate on Taking the Aviation Trust Fund Off-Budget
Debate in the House of Representatives on October 1, 1987 on a Howard (D-NJ) amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill that would have taken the Airport and Airway Trust Fund off-budget and forced the spend-down…
1968 (Dec.) USDOT Proposal for Mass Transit Reauthorization
This is a legislative proposal sent by Transportation Secretary Alan Boyd to the Bureau of the Budget on December 13, 1968 for clearance. It would have established an Urban Mass Transportation Trust Fund dedicated by…
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.