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.
February 20, 2019 - Do the final FY19 appropriations bills keep the promise of an additional $10 billion per year...
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February 20, 2019 - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation said it will not pay the California High Speed Rail...
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February 14, 2019 - At nine minutes to midnight last night, a $325 billion omnibus appropriations bill was introduced and...
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February 13, 2019 - Last week, House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Aviation Subcommittee chairman Rick Larsen...
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February 12, 2019 - Earlier today, new new governor of California, Gavin Newsom (D), told state legislators in his first...
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February 8, 2019 - This week, President Trump gave an interview to local journalists where he appeared to say that...
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February 8, 2019 - Here are two simple charts that show the totality of the Highway Trust Fund spending and...
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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,...