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.
Nossaman transportation policy expert Edward Kussy and rail veteran Kevin Sheys assess the relative merits of the federal transportation funding...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Carter Templetonhttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngCarter Templeton2015-04-19 18:23:572023-04-17 07:11:59Talking Transportation Dollars and Sense: The Future of Funding
Virginia has a long history of commitment to mass transit. The Washington, D.C. region's Metro system, the result of a...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Karen Pricehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngKaren Price2015-04-19 18:17:482023-04-17 07:12:05Virginia’s Commitment to Transit Funding Creates a Wealth of New Projects Benefiting the Commonwealth
The current funding uncertainty for our nation’s air traffic control system is unacceptable. As a result, NATCA is advocating for...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Karen Pricehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngKaren Price2015-04-19 18:10:332023-04-17 07:12:08We Must Have Stable, Predictable Funding for the National Airspace System
Internal White House summary of a proposed "New Federalism" initiative for President Reagan, dated January 1982, which would have turned...
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How many politicians does it take to make people pay attention to our infrastructure problem?
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/maxresdefault-e1450882282270.jpg281500Karen Pricehttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngKaren Price2015-04-14 14:46:052023-04-17 07:12:08Infrastructure 2: Congress and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Roads
April 2, 2015 - The failure of the oil windfall profits tax of 1980 shows how dangerous it can be...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ETW20150402windfall1.png6151053Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2015-04-10 19:56:422023-06-28 07:11:55Volatile Revenues For Transportation Trust Funds: A Cautionary Tale
March 30, 2015 - Today, the Obama Administration transmitted the 2015 version of its GROW AMERICA surface transportation reauthorization act...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.png00Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2015-03-30 13:48:422023-07-28 02:11:53White House Transmits New GROW AMERICA Bill to Congress
President Carter's March 1977 handwritten note to new Transportation Secretary Brock Adams explaining why the President thought most new subway...
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A memo to President Kennedy from his senior advisor Ted Sorensen written on March 16, 1962, as the Administration was...
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In October 1972, House and Senate negotiations over the biannual highway bill were breaking down over the issue of whether...
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March 9, 2015 - The tax estimating body used by Congress has determined that the President’s proposed funding offset for...
https://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ETWExpress20150309tab1.png217900Jeff Davishttps://enotrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Eno-Logo-2.pngJeff Davis2015-03-09 11:30:042023-06-28 07:11:55Congressional Estimators Say Repatriation Won’t Pay for GROW AMERICA
This week’s ETW Document of the Week is a Carter Administration memo preparing the President for a meeting with the...
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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.