Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
DOT Reinstates Greenhouse Emissions Measure for NHS
Jul 15, 2022 | Jeff DavisLast week, the Federal Highway Administration announced a proposed regulation requiring states and local planning agencies to measure...
Speed in Business Has Never Been Greater
Jul 07, 2022 | Deborah RosenbergCompanies learned during the pandemic that they could shift and adapt quickly to rapidly changing business environments. As more...
DOT Launches 5-Year, $1B Grant Program Targeting Highway Removal and More
Jul 01, 2022 | Ethan McLeodThe Biden administration this week kicked off a first-of-its-kind federal grant program to help communities nationwide address...
FHWA Solicits Applications for $2.4B in Bridge Project Funding
Jun 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis morning, the Federal Highway Administration opened the process of giving out the first $2.36 billion of a five-year, $12+ billion...
Lawmakers Discuss Road Safety, Spike in Traffic Deaths at House Hearing
Jun 10, 2022 | Ethan McLeodThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing this week on how to...
The Creation of Contract Authority, June 1922
Jun 03, 2022 | Jeff Davis(Some of this material was originally published in Transportation Weekly on October 10, 2007) One hundred years ago this week, a...
DOT Rolls Out $1 Billion/Year Safe Streets Grant Program
May 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn May 16, the U.S. Department of Transportation solicited applications for $1 billion in grants for a new program providing direct aid...
Gasoline Prices Rise Again, Diesel Supplies Tightening in Northeast
May 13, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on a bill making it a federal crime to sell gasoline at an "unconscionably...
Guest Op-Ed: Why Workforce Development Should Be Included in Freight Transportation Plans
Apr 29, 2022 | Clay BarnesThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States’ supply chain system has been strained from significant demand. While some...
Guest Op-Ed: A Hotter Solution for Freeway Congestion
Mar 18, 2022 | Patrick DeCorla-SouzaAfter the pandemic, freeway congestion will continue to intensify around large, growing metropolitan areas, even though teleworking...
Guest Op-Ed: Repurposed Streets + Small Vehicles = Big Wins for Climate, Safety, and Justice
Mar 04, 2022 | Kevin J. KrizekThree-quarters of the U.S. population resides in cities and suburbs which share a common denominator: proximity to destinations. As a...
A History of the Secretary’s Ability to Approve (or Disapprove) Highway Projects
Mar 04, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe release of an unusual "policy statement" by the Federal Highway Administration in mid-December 2021 sparked a partisan row over...
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,...