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The Highway Trust Fund Under TEA21, SAFETEA-LU and MAP-21
Nov 20, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 20, 2014 The following chart shows Highway Trust Fund annual new spending obligation authority granted by Congress...
Congressional Leadership & Committee Elections Begin
Nov 20, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 20, 2014 Members-elect of the upcoming 114th Congress have begun electing party leaders and selecting committee...
Tax Reform/Transportation Connection Mentioned Again
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 At his news conference on November 5, President Obama made it a point to single out infrastructure as a possible...
Senate R’s To Vote On HTF Scoring Rule
Nov 10, 2014 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2014 As part of their organizational conference later this week, Senate Republicans who will serve in the upcoming...
RAISE USER FEES: The Road to Good Highway Policy
Oct 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY TOM McNAMARA Transportation Consultant, and former UDOT policy staff, OST Good highway policy is difficult to achieve....
Federal funding for highways is stagnant and the Federal Aid Highway Program (FAHP) appears to be “shrinking by default.” Transportation infrastructure is not a top 10 public polling issue. Highway conditions have improved and there is little “inside the beltway” dialogue on transportation infrastructure. Meanwhile, popular discussion of mobility is more focused on new vehicle technology than on highway infrastructure.
Oct 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY STEVE LOCKWOOD Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff A New Context for the FAHP? In the absence of Congressional action,...
Improving Transportation Performance: Time to Focus on Operations
Sep 25, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONCongress has been able to accomplish very little this year, but one thing they agreed they needed to do was avoid insolvency in the...
Tolling in Japan: Should the U.S. Follow Its Lead?
Aug 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY MICAH HIMMEL Research Director, Japan International Transport Institute, USA Toll roads serve an important role in ensuring...
Public-Private Partnerships For Transportation Finance: Some Say Better Mousetrap… Some Say Necessary Evil
Jun 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY JONATHAN GUILFORD Professor, Director, Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy, George Mason...
The Bell Tolls for User-based Funding
Mar 24, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONLast month was the first time in a long time that anyone with the ability to act on it has proposed a specific funding source for...
2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2013 | Jeff Davis2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index January 2013 January 16, 2013 issue January 21, 2013 update ...
Is a Gas Tax Increase Actually Desirable?
Dec 26, 2013 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONNew proposed legislation in the House has generated some excitement, at least in the media, about the possibility of a gas tax increase...