Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
DOT Opens Applications for $625M in EV Charging Grants
Mar 17, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe Biden Administration announced that the first $625 million of an eventual $2+ billion provided by the Infrastructure Investment and...
ETW Exclusive: How Hundreds of Millions in Highway Funding Was Almost Lost Last Summer
Feb 24, 2023 | Jeff DavisEvery year, the total amount of funding that can be legally obligated for expenditure by the federal-aid highway program is limited by...
Biden Nominates Ann Carlson to Head NHTSA
Feb 17, 2023 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden announced on February 13 that he will nominate Ann Carlson, the Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic...
FHWA Reveals Possible $3.5 Billion Highway Funding Overstatement
Feb 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration told Congress this week that $3.5 billion in federal-aid highway contract authority balances held by...
Initial HTF Formula Funding Given to States for FY23 Is $1.1 Billion Less than FY22
Feb 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration this week notified state DOTs that they would be able to obligate and spend a total of $45.34...
Why an I-81 ‘Skyway’ Would be Costly and Unworkable: ‘Who wants to live under a 70-foot bridge?’
Jan 11, 2023 | Robert PuentesEno's Robert Puentes is asked about a recent highway project in Syracuse and what it may mean for the community.
DOT Gives $2.1 Billion for Four Large Bridge Projects
Jan 06, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe Biden Administration announced this week that four highway bridge projects will split nearly $2.1 billion in federal funding under...
Biden Administration Gives $1.6 Billion for Bridge Project Sought by McConnell, Portman
Jan 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden will visit Covington, Kentucky tomorrow to make a joint appearance with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)...
Senate Confirms Bhatt to Run FHWA; Amtrak Nominees Expected to Wait in Limbo
Dec 08, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate on December 8 confirmed Shailen Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, by voice...
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...
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,...