Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
Op-Ed: The Infrastructure Disaster Nobody is Talking About
Dec 11, 2020 | Paul LewisPerhaps we are still distracted by the election. Perhaps commuting patterns have changed so much that it is not as important. But...
Webinar: Environmental (in)Justice During COVID-19
Dec 10, 2020 | Madeline GormanIn this webinar, we will address the harm inflicted upon minorities, low-income, rural, and tribal populations through disproportionate...
Webinar: Reimagining Regulations for a Changing Mobility Landscape
Nov 17, 2020 | Madeline GormanAs the world's mobility landscape changes, city and transportation leaders must grapple with new ways to provide the best...
Webinar: What Counts in Mobility? Rethinking Transportation Modeling
Oct 21, 2020 | Madeline GormanTransportation models predict the traffic volume of a given bridge, highway, or train and allow decision-makers to make more informed...
Authorization Table for STRR Act As Introduced in the House
Oct 08, 2020 | Carolyn DorfTable of funding authorizations for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 as released by the chairman of...
Webinar Recap: Transportation Spending and Planning in the Time of COVID
Sep 25, 2020 | Madeline GormanThe coronavirus pandemic has hammered state and municipal budgets across the United States. A recent analysis from the National League...
Webinar: A Century of Fighting Traffic Congestion in Los Angeles
Oct 15, 2020 | Madeline GormanThe Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) is studying congestion pricing to manage the region’s heavy traffic...
Jeff Davis Presentation on Eisenhower and Transportation
Sep 15, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation that Eno's Jeff Davis gave at the Capitol Historical Society Heritage Lecture on September...
1953 Buckner Highway Study for Eisenhower
Sep 15, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a study of a national system of federal toll roads commissioned by Dwight Eisenhower during his pre-presidential transition in...
April 1960 BPR Memo on Interstates in Urban Areas
Sep 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a memo from the Bureau of Public Roads entitled "Memorandum on the Interstate System in Urban Areas." It was evidently brought...
Initiating the Bragdon Highway Study
Sep 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF file is a collection of documents from the Bureau of the Budget's files in the National Archives about the commencement of a...
Clay Committee Report Original Transmittal Letter
Sep 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a PDF of the original letter from the five members of President Eisenhower's "Clay Committee" transmitting their final report...