FY 2017 TIGER Grant Analysis
This is a PDF document containing numerous tables relating to the fiscal year 2017 TIGER grants released by the U.S. Department of Transportation on March 9, 2018.
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December 2017 FTA Letter to NY on Gateway Tunnel
This is a letter dated December 29, 2017 from Acting Federal Transit Administrator Jane Williams to the head of the New York State budget office criticizing the revised financial plan for the proposed new Hudson…
Original Gateway Program Presentation – February 2011
This is the original presentation Amtrak used in February 2011 when announcing plans for the Gateway Program,
Hypothetical Distribution of $40 Billion in Rural Infrastructure Funding
This is a table dated February 23, 2018 hypothesizing how the Trump Administration’s proposed $40 billion in rural infrastructure formula funding would be distributed to states if the two formula factors proposed by the Administration…
FY18 Budget Request Increase – February 12, 2018
This is an informal budget request sent to the Appropriations Committees by the White House on February 12, 2018 outlining the Administration’s request for $117.5 billion in increased discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2018 made…
FY 2019 USDOT Budget Request
PDF table showing the budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2019.
Budget Control Act Spending Caps Through February 2018 Deal
This table shows the original August 2011 Budget Control Act caps on discretionary appropriations and also shows every change made to those caps since then through the February 2018 budget deal.
Congressional Leadership Memo on FY 2018-2019 Budget Caps Deal
Memorandum of understanding between Congressional leaders on the bipartisan budget framework to complete fiscal 2018 appropriations and allow fiscal 2019 appropriations.
How does the federal government subsidize air service to small communities?
Over the past 15 years, changes in the airline industry have consolidated air service at the largest hub airports while passenger levels at medium hubs have remained consistent.[1] But the smallest of airports usually do…
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.
Trump Infrastructure Plan Outline
This is a 6-page summary of a much longer draft outline of President Trump’s infrastructure plan prepared by the National Economic Council. The document is not dated but the metadata in the PDF suggests it…
Transportation Weekly – 2002 History of Highway Earmarks
This is a copy of the April 10, 2002 issue of Transportation Weekly that contained a history of federally earmarked highway projects.