Federal, state, and local governments all play a significant role in funding $300 billion in annual transportation spending. The federal government supplies important capital funding for highways, transit systems, airports, waterways, and ports while also operating the nation’s air traffic control system. State and local governments have an equally important task to invest in and operate their transportation networks and rely on a broad range of revenue sources, from general revenues and debt, to fuel taxes, fees, and tolls.
When looking at budget process reform, remember that through a series of historical accidents, 99 percent of the spending from...
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This is a PDF of the text of all of the amendments adopted by the U.S. Senate on the evening...
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August 1, 2018 - Last night, the U.S. Senate agreed to a one-year ban on any new procurements of mass...
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This report reviews the policies that govern airport privatization in the United States, recent history in domestic case studies, and...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 8:40 p.m. - The U.S. Senate has reached an agreement that will ensure several amendment...
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July 27, 2018 - A deal on amendments to the four-bill "minibus" appropriations package that includes the Transportation-HUD bill proved...
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July 27, 2018 - Although behind-the-scenes negotiations on the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill (S. 1405) continued this week, the...
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Refreshing the Status Quo: Federal Highway Programs and Funding Distribution
This year, the federal government gave $45.6 billion in highway “formula” funding to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The state-by-state distribution of this money was based almost entirely on how the states fared on a variety of real-world metrics back in calendar year 2007,...