Issue / Tolls
In the Trump Era, Transportation Funding Is Simple: Build Roads
Nov 14, 2019 | Jeff DavisEno Center's Jeff Davis weighs in on how the modal section of Build grants favor roads. The past three years of discretionary grants...
CBO Releases Budget Score of Senate Highway Bill
Nov 14, 2019 | Jeff DavisOn the evening of November 12, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its official cost estimate of the bill S. 2302, the...
USDOT Announces $883M in FY19 BUILD Grant Recipients
Nov 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisToday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that 55 projects in 35 states will be receiving grants under the fiscal year...
BUILD-TIGER Grant Historical Statistics – FY 2009 Through FY 2019
Nov 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisThis is a three-page PDF document with three tables: State-by-state dollar amounts of total capital grants for each year of the...
FY 2019 BUILD Grants: Meeting the Terms of the FY 2019 DOT Appropriations Act
Nov 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisHere are the terms written into the text of the fiscal 2019 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act (Title I of Division G of...
U.S. Transportation Labor Force Grew to 14.5 Million in 2018
Nov 08, 2019 | Jeff DavisNew data released last week by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimated that the number of Americans employed in the...
USDOT to Announce FY19 BUILD Grants on Monday
Nov 08, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Department of Transportation is expected to announce the recipients of $883.5 million in fiscal 2019 grant funding under the...
Transit and Road Measures Fare Well, but State Revenue Collection Takes a Hit: Takeaways from Election Night
Nov 08, 2019 | Romic AevazThroughout 2019, voters in 31 states decided on over 200 transportation-related ballot measures totaling nearly $19 billion in...
New Eno Report: Transportation Workforce Planning and Development Strategies
Nov 08, 2019 | Robert PuentesFederal and state transportation workforce shortages are widely considered a problem, presenting “a present and growing need” for...
Introducing Carmen Bianco, Transit Senior Executive’s New Moderator
Nov 08, 2019 | Karen PriceCarmen Bianco is a classic American success story, rising through the ranks from his start as an hourly worker on the tracks to...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 11, 2019
Nov 07, 2019 | Jeff DavisWednesday, November 13 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials –...
Senate Panel to Vote on Nominations, TOD Bill Next Week
Nov 07, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has scheduled a November 13 markup session (10:00 a.m., G-50 Dirksen) with a...