Governance is at the core of any transportation issue. Public, private, and nonprofit actors are the machinery that enables the economy to function, compete effectively for employers and labor, and foster innovation. The ability of agencies to respond to changing and expanding demands varies across the country as is shaped to a large extent by a range of different institutional and organizational structures. Governance determines who makes decisions about capital and operating plans and sets out a process for how those decisions are made. Each structure has its own implications for funding, equitable and effective service patterns, and economic growth.
A series of three late November 1982 memos from DOT and OMB trying to refute the arguments that each agency...
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A June 1961 memo to President Kennedy from the head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency transmitting the draft...
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We still do not know the cause of the Amtrak crash that killed 8 people and injured 200. But this...
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Change can be frightening. Big changes, like restructuring U.S. air traffic control (ATC) governance, even more so. On April 5,...
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The United States and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are considered the gold standard for aviation across the globe. Our...
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Briefing papers given to President Carter in anticipation of his December 11, 1978 meeting with Transportation Secretary Brock Adams where...
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Briefing papers prepared for President Ford in advance of an April 1975 meeting to discuss what kind of freight railroad...
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Reforming America’s Transportation System
In February 2019 the Eno Center for Transportation (Eno) and the Reason Foundation (Reason) convened a three-day workshop (the Workshop) at the Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) near Tarrytown, New York. Supported by RBF, with additional funding from Smith…
Voters increasingly play a critical role in shaping communities from coast-to-coast by casting their votes on investments and other decisions about transportation. The Eno Center for Transportation tracks and analyzes transportation ballot measures across the country.