Highway Trust Fund (HTF) Reference Page
The Highway Trust Fund Reference Page is intended to serve as a one-stop reference for information about the Highway Trust Fund and its ongoing financial crisis.
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1965 White House Highway Beautification Strategy Memos (July 30 – August 18)
August 1965 White House legislative strategy memos relating to highway beautification legislation.
1955 Democratic National Committee Opposition Research Memo on the Clay Commission Highway Plan
April 1955 opposition research memo from the Democratic National Committee criticizing the “Clay Commission” Interstate highway plan submitted by President Eisenhower.
1982 White House Gas Tax Decision Memoranda
A series of three late November 1982 memos from DOT and OMB trying to refute the arguments that each agency made to President Reagan in the final Cabinet meetings to determine whether or not the…
1961 HHFA Recommended Urban Planning Draft Legislation
A June 1961 memo to President Kennedy from the head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency transmitting the draft legislation to give permission for two or more states to establish joint planning organizations for…
1969 Oral History Interview With Charles Zwick RE: Creation of USDOT
Oral history given by former OMB Deputy Director Charles Zwick, who played an integral role in the creation of the Department of Transportation.
1982 White House Federalism Initiative – Jan. 25 Draft
Internal White House summary of a proposed “New Federalism” initiative for President Reagan, dated January 1982, which would have turned back significant highway and mass transit spending (and their dedicated excise tax revenues) back to…
1972 Highway Bill “No Bill” Strategy Memo
In October 1972, House and Senate negotiations over the biannual highway bill were breaking down over the issue of whether or not the Highway Trust Fund should be opened up to fund mass transit capital…
1956 AASHO Letter to Senator Byrd
This week’s ETW Document of the Week is a letter sent from Rex Whitton, the head of the American Association of State Highway Officials, to the chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, Harry F….
1915 Report of the Joint Committee on Federal Aid to Good Roads
On January 21, 1915, the Congressional Joint Committee on Federal Aid in the Construction of Post Roads issued its final report to Congress. The report of the Joint Committee represented, by far, the largest assemblage…
Transportation Quarterly – 2003
Tables of contents of all four issues of Transportation Quarterly published by the Eno Foundation in calendar year 2003.
Transportation Quarterly – 2000
Tables of contents for all four issues of Transportation Quarterly published by the Eno Foundation in 2000.