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Minutes of the Eisenhower Administration Ad Hoc Committee on Metropolitan Problems, 1957-1960

September 3, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This is a 24-page PDF file containing the minutes of the four meetings of the Eisenhower Administration’s ad hoc Interagency Committee on Metropolitan Area Problems, which existed from 1957-1960. 

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July 7, 1958 Cabinet Meeting on Airline Finances

September 2, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This is a PDF file containing records of the July 7, 1958 Cabinet meeting at which the finances of U.S. airlines, and their need to get additional financing to convert piston-engine planes to jets, was…

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June 6, 1958 Cabinet Meeting on FAA Creation

September 2, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This PDF file contains records of the June 6, 1958 Cabinet meeting at which the decision was made to ask Congress to create a new Federal Aviation Agency.

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1955 “Weeks Report” – Revision of Federal Transportation Policy

August 31, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This is the version of the “Weeks Report” of the President’s Advisory Committee on Transport Policy and Organization, as released to the press on April 18, 1955.

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Cabinet Meeting of January 28, 1955

August 31, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This 12-page PDF document contains items relating to the Cabinet Meeting of January 28, 1955, which considered a draft Special Transportation Message to Congress from President Eisenhower.

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December 1954 Cabinet Meeting on Railroad Policy

August 30, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This is a 39-page PDF file relating to the Cabinet meeting of December 17, 1954 where the initial draft of the “Weeks Report” (the report of the Cabinet Committee on Transport Policy and Organization) was…

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January 1950 BoB Transportation Reorganization Memo

August 27, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This is a PDF of a Bureau of the Budget internal memorandum dated January 3, 1950 entitled “Reorganization of Federal Transportation Activities.” Though this copy is unsigned, earlier drafts indicate it was written by the…

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July 1949 Exchange of Letters Between Hoover and Truman

August 27, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

This PDF file is an exchange of letters between former President Herbert Hoover and President Harry S. Truman in July 1949. 

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1960 White House Consideration of Federal Transportation Policy and Program Report

August 25, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

Documents showing how the White House analyzed and edited the Commerce Department’s 1960 report “Federal Transportation Policy and Program.”

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1958 Eisenhower Administration Statement of Railroad Policy

August 25, 2020/
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By Jeff Davis

Details of the March 1958 Cabinet meeting that finalized Eisenhower Administration railroad policy.

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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…

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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.

Explore the STPP Archive

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