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.
Garett Shrode with the Eno Center for Transportation said that approach has its pitfalls because “80% of electric vehicle charging...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-09-12 09:44:242023-09-22 10:08:05As Gas Taxes Dwindle, States Seek Ways to Charge EVs
“If you look at the numbers over the last two decades, we’ve been losing revenue to fuel-efficiency gains in internal...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jonathan Hammondhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJonathan Hammond2023-09-12 09:13:502023-09-12 09:13:50Clock Ticking for States to Replace Dwindling Gas Taxes
Discover the future of road funding in the United States through our illuminating webinar. Hosted by Robert Puentes, the CEO...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-1168247335-scaled.jpg17072560Christopher McGuirehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngChristopher McGuire2023-09-08 13:31:032023-09-29 06:56:04Webinar: Driving Change: Advice for the National VMT-Fee Pilot
September 8, 2023 - The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on Monday evening to take up a three-bill package...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-100-benjamin-stack-pile-scaled-4.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-09-08 13:19:532023-09-08 13:19:53Senate to Consider Annual DOT Funding Bill Next Week
September 8, 2023 - The main focus of Congress for the rest of September will be the avoidance of a...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-2173148_1280-e1495718384908-15.jpg500750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-09-08 12:18:322023-09-08 12:18:32Shutdown Drama Will Dominate September Session
August 31, 2023 - Today, the Federal Highway Administration distributed $7.915 billion in extra highway funding to states, on the...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-100-benjamin-stack-pile-scaled-4.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-08-31 14:58:542023-08-31 14:58:54FHWA Gives Record-High $7.9 Billion to States in Annual “August Redistribution” of Highway Funding
August 18, 2023 - At a recent meeting in Indianapolis, state legislators from around the country exchanged ideas and status...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-coins-pile-quarters-pennies-cents-dimes-nickels-scaled-3.jpg17072560Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-08-18 11:47:052023-08-18 12:45:27NCSL Alternative Transportation User Fees Meeting – Indianapolis
August 4, 2023 - For decades (starting in the 1980s), a group of states, mostly from the Sun Belt, habitually...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-100-benjamin-stack-pile-scaled-1.jpg17072560actualizedevshttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngactualizedevs2023-08-04 15:12:282023-08-25 07:39:56IIJA Funding Means No More “Donor States” – Even When Including Transit
August 4, 2023 - Starting in the early 2000’s, interest in VMT fees in the United States has grown significantly...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/iStock-1168247335-scaled.jpg17072560actualizedevshttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngactualizedevs2023-08-04 15:06:512023-08-25 07:25:30The Current Status of State VMT Fees
July 28, 2023 - Congress has left town for the August recess without demonstrating that House Republicans have the votes...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/money-2173148_1280-e1495718384908-15.jpg500750Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2023-07-28 14:30:412023-07-28 14:30:41Summer Break Begins as House Appropriations Plan Flounders
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,...