Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
Webinar: The Key to Building Great Communities: Listening for Understanding
Dec 14, 2022 | Jonathan HammondWhen Lynn Peterson began working as a transportation engineer, she was taught to evaluate roadway projects based only on metrics...
Transportation at the Ballot Box: What to Watch
Nov 04, 2022 | Robert Puentes and Jonathan HammondOn Election Day next week, voters in at least 21 states will decide on hundreds of important questions related to transportation...
FY23 Highway Funding: Allocated Set-Aside Reaches All-Time High; 33 States Face Vulnerable Road User Penalty
Oct 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn October 20, the Federal Highway Administration gave states a pro-rated share of fiscal 2023 highway funding permission under the...
Federal Judge Finds Rhode Island’s Truck Tolls on Interstate Bridges Unconstitutional
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisA federal judge this week ruled that Rhode Island's system of bridge tolls on heavy trucks is an unconstitutional restriction on...
Senate Confirms Hutcheson to Head FMCSA
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate yesterday afternoon confirmed the nomination of Robin Hutcheson to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Costs of Highway Construction Rose 20%, 1Q 2021 to 1Q 2022
Sep 15, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis week, the Federal Highway Administration updated its official measure of highway and bridge construction costs to indicate that...
Innovative ‘Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project’ in Northern Virginia to Open on Time this Year
Sep 14, 2022 | Jeff DavisAs Jeff Davis, a Senior Fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, recently noted: “If sustained highway cost inflation averages...
Webinar: The Role of Technology in Modernizing Supply Chains
Oct 04, 2022 | Jonathan HammondThe freight transportation sector has always been a leader in leveraging new technologies to improve operational speed, efficiency, and...
FHWA Narrowly Avoids Lapse of FY22 Highway Funds in August Redistribution
Sep 06, 2022 | Jeff DavisAfter some extra encouragement from the Federal Highway Administration, state DOTs collectively managed to request just enough highway...
Comparing the Two Community Reconnection/Access Programs
Aug 19, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe just-enacted Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) creates a new $3.2 billion program called the "Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant...
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...
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,...