Issue / Governance reform
Pre-1960s Attempts to Create a U.S. Department of Transportation – Part 5 – Truman Moves Public Roads and Maritime to Commerce
Aug 27, 2020 | Jeff DavisLast week, part four of this long-running series told the story of how the Hoover Commission in 1948 and 1949 reached its final...
January 1950 BoB Transportation Reorganization Memo
Aug 27, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a PDF of a Bureau of the Budget internal memorandum dated January 3, 1950 entitled "Reorganization of Federal Transportation...
July 1949 Exchange of Letters Between Hoover and Truman
Aug 27, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF file is an exchange of letters between former President Herbert Hoover and President Harry S. Truman in July 1949. First is...
Guest Op-Ed: The Role of Transportation in Improving America’s Health
Jul 31, 2020 | Renee Autumn RayThe Eno Center for Transportation’s publication of my white paper, Increasing Access to Essential Health Functions: The Role of...
The Role of Transportation in Improving America’s Health
Jul 28, 2020 | Renee Autumn RayTransportation access is one of the fundamental objectives of the public sector as a means to provide access to jobs, services,...
Webinar: Best Practices for Incorporating Equity into Performance-Based Processes
Aug 20, 2020 | Madeline GormanRecent events have further highlighted the systemic inequities built into American society, and our transportation infrastructure is no...
CDC Contract Tracing Rule Pushed to September
Jun 12, 2020 | Robert PuentesEarlier this week, Trump Administration officials tasked an interagency working group to come up with a plan for conducting contract...
Recent Transit Strikes Show the Pitfalls of Contracting Services for the Wrong Reasons
Jan 03, 2020 | Paul LewisUnlike many of their counterparts in Europe and Asia, most public transit agencies in the United States directly operate fixed-route...
Delivering Better Outcomes: Recommendations to Improve the Governance and Oversight of DC Circulator and Streetcar
Oct 22, 2019 | Brianne Eby and Paul LewisThe District of Columbia contributes to the regional transportation network by providing two public transit systems in the...
Governance and Institutional Reform in Transportation: Results of an Eno Workshop
Oct 17, 2019 | Emil FrankelPolicymaking, planning, and decision-making tools that were designed for the past may not be appropriate for assessing and addressing...
Reforming America’s Transportation System
Oct 15, 2019 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONIn February 2019 the Eno Center for Transportation (Eno) and the Reason Foundation (Reason) convened a three-day workshop (the...
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,...