Jeff Davis is a Senior Fellow with the Eno Center for Transportation and is also the Editor of the Eno Transportation Weekly.

Jeff came to Washington in 1988 to attend The American University and soon began working on Capitol Hill for the ranking minority member of the House Rules Committee. For six years he worked on a wide variety of legislative, budget process oversight and parliamentary procedure issues.

In January 1996 Jeff joined a transportation consulting firm and worked extensively on the FAA, Amtrak and surface transportation reauthorization laws in 1996-1998 as well as various appropriations bills.  He founded his own research and consulting business in June 1998 and published Transportation Weekly, a news service covering federal transportation and public works, from 1999-2014.

He joined the Eno Center in January 2015. His work focuses on analysis of the federal transportation budget and the long-term trends in transportation funding and policy.

Follow him on Twitter at @JDwithTW

Eno Transportation Weekly Articles

Supreme Court Rules New Jersey Transit Not Entitled to Immunity from Lawsuits Outside NJ

March 6, 2026 - The Supreme Court ruled that New Jersey Transit is not a close enough “arm of the state” to justify immunity from out-of-state lawsuits.

House THUD Hearing Examines IG Perspectives

March 6, 2026 - A March 5 hearing allowed the acting watchdog at USDOT to brief Congress on ongoing work to counteract waste, fraud, and abuse there.

Research

Yahoo News|November 6, 2024|Emissions, Eno Announcements, Freight, Infrastructure, Land use, Maritime, People & The Environment, Ports, Resilience

Benefits and Beneficiaries of the Nation’s Inland Waterways

The Europeans settled the United States via waterborne transportation. Settlements, and then cities, first arose where there were natural seaports. They later developed along rivers as far upstream as the boats of the time could...

Yahoo News|July 24, 2023|Electric Vehicles, Federal Governance, Governance reform, Highways & Streets

Driving Change: Advice For The National VMT-Fee Pilot

The US faces funding challenges for transportation infrastructure due to changing vehicle technology. To address this, a national pilot program for a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee is being established. Recommendations include simplicity, scalability, and...

Media Mentions & Commentary

Marketplace|November 18, 2025|Air Traffic Control, Aviation

Marketplace: After shutdown, what's next for air traffic control?