Issue / Federal Budget
Federal Borrowing for Infrastructure Funding – How Could It Be Done?
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff Davis“With real interest rates at zero or below, shouldn’t the federal government just borrow the money to pay for something worthwhile,...
End-of-FY20 Report on Aviation, Water Trust Funds
Oct 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Airport and Airway Trust Fund had a predictably bad year in fiscal 2020 (since Congress shut off tax collections halfway through...
Authorization Table for STRR Act As Introduced in the House
Oct 08, 2020 | Carolyn DorfTable of funding authorizations for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 as released by the chairman of...
Amendments to INVEST Act Agreed to in House Committee Markup
Jun 19, 2020 | Jeff DavisH.R. 2 was approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, as amended by a substitute amendment for the entire bill, which...
Eno/MAX VIP Roundtable
Apr 16, 2020 | Karen PriceEno President and CEO Robert Puentes summarized rapidly-emerging transit trends in light in COVID. Eno Transportation Weekly editor and...
CBO Scores FY21 Budget Request, Including Trump Infrastructure Plan
Apr 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Congressional Budget Office on March 30 released its re-estimate of the President's budget request for fiscal year 2021, including...
Treasury Releases Annual Trust Fund Forecasts
Mar 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, the Treasury Department released its quarterly Treasury Bulletin for March 2020 – a deep dive of fiscal data that includes...
Rapid Response Webinar: The President’s Infrastructure Plan and the FY21 Budget
Feb 12, 2020 | Madeline GormanOn February 10, 2020, the Trump Administration released its fiscal 2021 budget request, which includes a ten-year, $810 billion surface...
Webinar: Reforming America’s Transportation System
Oct 24, 2019 | Karen PriceTransportation governance is a growing issue for modern transportation. State departments of transportation, transit agencies,...
Refreshing the Status Quo: Federal Highway Programs and Funding Distribution
Oct 02, 2019 | Karen PriceEach year, more than $45 billion in annual Federal highway funding today is distributed to states based on real-world metrics from...
CBO To Release Updated HTF Forecast August 21
Aug 16, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Congressional Budget Office is scheduled to release its annual summer update to its Budget and Economic Outlook on August...
After Highway Bill Markup, Still No Path Forward on Finding Revenue
Aug 01, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe July 30 markup of the highway reauthorization bill by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee left stakeholders with a...